Deletion of List of open source computer hardware suppliers

Comment: this definitely runs afoul of , it's just a list of places that happen to sell open source computer hardware.  That'd be like having "List of places that sell golf balls"; open source computer hardware is extremely general to the point where it's not particularly notable if a particular place sells it.  If it's not notable that a place sells it, we don't need a list of places that sell it
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: I just read  and it isn't clear to me this list is any of the things listed there. Looks more like a  of which I don't know what are considered non-controversial examples -- are lists in :Category:Lists_of_manufacturers considered such
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIR||WP:LISTCOMPANY)

Comment: This falls under #REPOSITORY, not DIR. Cleaning up the list to comply with our |external links guidelines would eliminate 95% of the article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT||WP:NOTDIR||WP:EL)

Comment: as per  
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: but clear out the external links, which are  and the main factor making the article directory-like
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:PROMO)

Comment: non-encyclopedic" is not a sufficiently specific reason for deletion.  would seem to be the relevant criteria. Did the nominator attempt to assess notability  nominating this article
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:LISTN||WP:BEFORE)

Comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (|step 3).  I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 May 14
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFDHOWTO)