Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Number validation in VB 6
When I first saw this, my eyes glazed over.  There are just 11 or 12 concepts for the whole article.  But there are 27 citations, 15 sources, 7 further readings, and a 6 by 6 summary table.  This brings to mind , except it is done much more elegantly than most |spammers.  The article does not contain a |more in-depth treatment than the sources (''History of IsNull'' anyone?), nor is the information presented in a |new way, nor is it any more convenient than anything else published.  It is guilty of , except no one has written that guideline—which is probably a legitimate function of an encyclopedia anyway.  The existence of the article seems ''wrong'' somehow.  It could be saved by having a purpose:  more depth, better context, or some contrast to something related.  It is effectively one big  section
— user:EncMstr, 19:25, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:LINKFARM||WP:SPAM||WP:OR||WP:SYNTH||WP:REHASH||WP:TRIVIA (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)