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The result was '''delete'''. Everything here (which is not [[WP:OR]] is already in [[Y2K]]. --- [[User:Deville|Deville]] ([[User talk:Deville|Talk]]) 00:23, 15 September 2006 (UTC) |
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===[[9/9/99]]=== |
===[[9/9/99]]=== |
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*'''Delete''': Unreferenced and sounds like [[WP:NOR]] violation. —[[User:wknight94|Wknight94]] ([[User talk:wknight94|talk]]) 02:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
*'''Delete''': Unreferenced and sounds like [[WP:NOR]] violation. —[[User:wknight94|Wknight94]] ([[User talk:wknight94|talk]]) 02:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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:'''Delete''', sounds like a [[WP:HOAX|hoax]]. — [[User:Dark Shikari|<span style="background-color:#DDDDFF; font-weight:bold">< |
:'''Delete''', sounds like a [[WP:HOAX|hoax]]. — [[User:Dark Shikari|<span style="background-color:#DDDDFF; font-weight:bold"><span style="color:#0000FF;">Da</span><span style="color:#0000CC;">rk</span> <span style="color:#000099;">Sh</span><span style="color:#000066;">ik</span><span style="color:#000033;">ar</span><span style="color:#000000;">i</span></span>]] <span style="color:#000088;">[[User_talk:Dark_Shikari|<sup style="color:#000088;">''talk''</sup>]]'''/'''[[Special:Contributions/Dark_Shikari|<sub style="color:#000088;">''contribs''</sub>]]</span> 02:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Not a hoax'''. I remember plenty of mainstream media predictions that this would be a real problem, and a foreshadow of y2k chaos. Read [http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/199909/msg00045.html this] and the links therein, I think it sums it up pretty well. [[User:My Alt Account|My Alt Account]] 02:42, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
*'''Not a hoax'''. I remember plenty of mainstream media predictions that this would be a real problem, and a foreshadow of y2k chaos. Read [http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/199909/msg00045.html this] and the links therein, I think it sums it up pretty well. [[User:My Alt Account|My Alt Account]] 02:42, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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**That link is just a forum posting and none of the links from it are still functional. —[[User:wknight94|Wknight94]] ([[User talk:wknight94|talk]]) 02:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
**That link is just a forum posting and none of the links from it are still functional. —[[User:wknight94|Wknight94]] ([[User talk:wknight94|talk]]) 02:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete''', It's not a hoax, but it doesn't warrant an article -- perhaps a few sentences in the Y2K article. [[User:Opelio|Opelio]] 03:37, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
*'''Delete''', It's not a hoax, but it doesn't warrant an article -- perhaps a few sentences in the Y2K article. [[User:Opelio|Opelio]] 03:37, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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**It's already mentioned at [[Year 2000 problem#The programming problem]]; look at the second to last paragraph of that section. [[User:BryanG|BryanG]]<sup>[[User talk:BryanG|(talk)]]</sup> 03:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
**It's already mentioned at [[Year 2000 problem#The programming problem]]; look at the second to last paragraph of that section. [[User:BryanG|BryanG]]<sup>[[User talk:BryanG|(talk)]]</sup> 03:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Keep''' or '''Merge with redirection''' The article need to be rewritten imo, but is notable enough. -- [[User:Lucasbfr|lucasbfr]] |
*'''Keep''' or '''Merge with redirection''' The article need to be rewritten imo, but is notable enough. -- [[User:Lucasbfr|lucasbfr]] [[User talk:Lucasbfr|<sup style="color:darkblue;">talk</sup>]] 05:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete''', I haven't even heard of this, but even if it's real it can just be mentioned in a Y2K article. [[User:JIP|< |
*'''Delete''', I haven't even heard of this, but even if it's real it can just be mentioned in a Y2K article. [[User:JIP|<span style="color:#CC0000;">J</span><span style="color:#00CC00;">I</span><span style="color:#0000CC;">P</span>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 09:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Redirect''' to [[Year 2000 problem]]. --[[User:Gray Porpoise|Gray Porpoise]] 13:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
*'''Redirect''' to [[Year 2000 problem]]. --[[User:Gray Porpoise|Gray Porpoise]] 13:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Keep but rewrite''' - This was a genuinely notable issue (totally separate from Y2K, by the way) but I don't know anything about the "9999" being used as a "stop command"--that sounds pretty platform-specific. However, I do remember some concern because a lot of programs used "9/9/99" as a sort of default "future" date. As it stands the article is pretty vague (stating that "all computers would fail") and informal ("''Our'' power didn't go out"? Talk about original research). Side note: The reason why "nothing happened" when the date came is because, (just as with Y2K), a lot programmers spent a lot of time fixing everything so that it ''wouldn't'' happen. Just wanted to throw that out there. [[User:Wavy G|Wavy G]] 15:26, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
*'''Keep but rewrite''' - This was a genuinely notable issue (totally separate from Y2K, by the way) but I don't know anything about the "9999" being used as a "stop command"--that sounds pretty platform-specific. However, I do remember some concern because a lot of programs used "9/9/99" as a sort of default "future" date. As it stands the article is pretty vague (stating that "all computers would fail") and informal ("''Our'' power didn't go out"? Talk about original research). Side note: The reason why "nothing happened" when the date came is because, (just as with Y2K), a lot programmers spent a lot of time fixing everything so that it ''wouldn't'' happen. Just wanted to throw that out there. [[User:Wavy G|Wavy G]] 15:26, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete''' <s>Probable hoax, completely unverifiable. [[User:Resolute|Resolute]] 22:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC)</s> |
*'''Delete''' <s>Probable hoax, completely unverifiable. [[User:Resolute|Resolute]] 22:05, 9 September 2006 (UTC)</s> |
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:* Guess I should have read above. Delete as it is already covered in the [[Year 2000 problem]] article. Does not warrant its own article. [[User:Resolute|Resolute]] 22:07, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
:* Guess I should have read above. Delete as it is already covered in the [[Year 2000 problem]] article. Does not warrant its own article. [[User:Resolute|Resolute]] 22:07, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete'''. Is this not a hoax? If not, there are certainly no sources. And until there are, delete! [[User:Batmanand|Batmanand]] | [[User talk:Batmanand|Talk]] 22:25, 9 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete'''. Unreferenced and suitably covered elsewhere. [[User:Irongargoyle|Irongargoyle]] 00:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete''' unless expanded. There isn't much that could be said that wouldn't duplicate [[Year 2000 problem]], unless there are [[WP:V]] sources about specific issues that ''differed''. As it was the date was sort of a trial run in many shops and it did influence the confidence level regarding Y2K. --[[User:Dhartung|Dhartung]] | [[User talk:Dhartung|Talk]] 00:34, 10 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete, no Merge''' per BrianG. [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 00:58, 10 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete'''. The millennium bug is notable as a cultural phenomenon. 9/9/99 is by no means a convention for data input. On systems I have used 00/00/00 or 11/11/11 have worked as a means to trick a computer. In fact most computers would require 09/09/99 to be entered, particularly older ones. [[User:Mallanox|Mallanox]] 04:31, 10 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete''', complete hoax. [[User:Andrew Levine|Andrew Levine]] 05:10, 10 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete''', as hoax. --[[User:MaNeMeBasat|MaNeMeBasat]] 13:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Weak Delete''' - it's not a hoax (as I said on the talk page, I remember some discussion at the time), but I don't think it needs its own page. [[User:Mark Grant|Mark Grant]] 14:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Weak Delete''' - It's definately not a hoax. The [[MITRE]] corporation page [http://www.mitre.org/tech/y2k/docs/DATES.html on possible problem dates] has a couple of mentions about the problem. The relevent information is on the Y2K page here though. I don't think the fear was significant and widespread enough to merit its own page. - [[User:Bethling |<span style="color:#BB45AA;">The Bethling</span>]][[User Talk:Bethling|<sup>(Talk)</sup>]] 06:21, 11 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Delete''' The sentence in the y2k article is more than enough.[[User:Tonyrocks922|Tony P]] 19:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Keep''' not a hoax, I remember seeing it on TV on various news programs, in 1999 and 1998. But it wasn's supposed to be a major problem, (because it's in decimal...) [[User:132.205.44.134|132.205.44.134]] 02:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Redirect''' to [[Year 2000 problem]], this was not a hoax. [[User:RFerreira|RFerreira]] 07:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC) |
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**Why redirect if they are two different and completely separate (albeit similar) issues? Just want to hear your take on this. [[User:Wavy G|Wavy G]] 05:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC) |
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* '''Keep''' This was a real and notable event, keep it. · [[User_talk:XP|<span style="color:#0518A7;">'''XP'''</span>]] · 02:57, 14 September 2006 (UTC) |
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*'''Merge''' with [[Year 2000 problem]]. I remember this one (this was the first event that made me realize Y2K was much ado about nothing). See this article: [http://users.aol.com/PanicYr00/9-9-99.html] for more info. [[User:Stev0|Stev0]] 06:03, 14 September 2006 (UTC) |
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* '''Merge''' with [[Sega Dreamcast]] which, if I recall correctly, was released on 9/9/99 and used the number chain as a MAJOR advertising slogan [[User:Swatjester|<span style="color:red;">⇒</span>]] [[User_talk:Swatjester|<span style="font-family:Euclid Fraktur;"><span style="color:black;">SWAT</span><span style="color:goldenrod;">Jester</span></span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Swatjester|<small><sup>Ready</sup></small>]] [[RSTA|<small>Aim</small>]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Armed_Forces|<small><sub>Fire!</sub></small>]] 14:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC) |
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**'''Comment''' A redirect to [[Sega Dreamcast]] might not be a bad idea if this gets deleted, but there isn't anything in this article that I see relevant to the Dreamcast. [[User:BryanG|BryanG]]<sup>[[User talk:BryanG|(talk)]]</sup> 20:18, 14 September 2006 (UTC) |
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