Talk:ZX Spectrum Next

This article was nominated for deletion on March 4, 2020. The result of the discussion was delete.

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --Vapula (talk) 14:41, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This page is obviously a Stub for which extra information is meant to be added.

Among other, detail about the designer being the original Spectrum designer, more details about the hardware, the specific architecture (memory mapping, new video modes, ...), and so on.

As there are significant differences to a "real" ZX Spectrum (including the support for other computer cores which don't already exists but are planned), integrating these specific details in the ZX Spectrum page would make it way too "invasive".

There are also other niche product that do have their own Wikipedia page and which, if you take the same criteria, should be deleted, for example, pages about some modern expansions to ancient computer that do mostly enumerate the various versions and nothing more. At least, here, there is room for enough comments.

Maybe leave some time to the page author to fill in extra information... That computer is still very recent after all so there has been very little chance to get many informations...

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... The spectrum next is one of the most popular 8 bit computer reboots. It's article needs expanding to include relevant information. There are thousands of them with thousands to come in the second kickstarter which is going to finanace a second run. The hardware and the software is unique and it is different enough to other platforms to deserve it's own page. The vega articles on the other hand probably arent worthwhile as they didnt even get delivered for the most part. --82.19.4.115 (talk) 15:26, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --108.7.187.138 (talk) 16:48, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I'm just a random Internet user but I was able to find information that I wanted to find thanks to this page. It'd be really helpful if we didn't delete it.

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because I plan to add info very soon. This version of the page, made on 24 July 2020 is significantly different than that which was deleted in March. --Mitja i (talk) 16:50, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because much interest has been shown in the media (see: 'Reception'), in Facebook polls and on ebay. Unlike the Vega and Vega+ (less than 100 machines), this machine (and clones and emulators) has a healthy user base, which is likely to extend after the second Kickstarter campaign. People are asking for information about this machine all the time, and that's where Wikipedia comes in. --85.148.210.102 (talk) 18:49, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... this machine has a growing fan base, which we would like to serve by presenting links to reviews and some history (to be written in this wiki) --Marc NL (talk) 18:53, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --Cthutu (talk) 01:33, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is contested that this device should not be on the list of official ZX Spectrum clones. However, it is the most official clone since a) the name Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been licensed from the owner of th brand (Sky) and b) designed by one of the original people who designed the original Spectrum.

I also contest that a quick Google search does not bring up reliable references from third parties. A quick google search brings up these:

https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/zx-spectrum-next-accelerated-review https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/zx-spectrum-next-gives-the-classic-console-a-new-lease-of-life-featured-kickstarter-2953375 https://vintageisthenewold.com/first-days-with-the-zx-spectrum-next-this-is-not-a-review/ https://hackaday.com/2020/02/27/the-zx-spectrum-next-arrives/

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because the ZX Spectrum Next is significant for a number of reasons:

 * The last machine worked on by  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Dickinson  before his death
 * The Next was considered significant enough to be reported by UK news outlets like the Metro:   https://metro.co.uk/2017/04/24/celebrate-the-sinclair-zx-spectrums-35th-anniversary-with-yet-another-retro-console-6594446/amp/
 * For consistency since other official ZX Spectrum products like the Vega and Vega+ have pages  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:64:7E8E:297E:2450:316A:801C (talk) 16:15, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]