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in a deletion review that failed to actually demonstrate that the subject was in fact notable. So I'm nominating it for deletion again for exactly the same reason as the first time. The article is still a basic stub (though it looks larger due to the lists of Unicode blocks), and I can't see anyone
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Nobody does formal reviews of fonts. Designers talk about the appropriateness of a font in a specific setting. Code2000 doesn't get any merit on its aesthetics. It gets mentioned because it is one of the most comprehensive pan-Unicode fonts that is available. Those mentions are to use it as a
338:, as well as three other pages in the Unicode Consortium site. It is shareware, with sufficiently liberal conditions that it is almost freeware; hence very widely disseminated. It is widely cited in many unaffiliated sites as an easy way to get coverage for particular languages. 239:. I couldn't view many of the special symbols on Knowledge (using Firefox under Linux) until I learned about this font. It's the most complete freeware/shareware implementation of the Unicode standard that exists in the world today. What could be more notable than that? 276:
is only a guideline, and it seems that this font is important enough to include without meeting its requirements. In addition to the ample evidence of importance provided during the DRV, note that the font is recommended as a "useful resource" by the
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fallback font, if a font for a specific Unicode Subrange is not installed on one's computer. I'd also suggest that with an AfD 22 June 2007. Deleted 27 June 2007, and Deletion overruled 16 July 2007, the nominator is
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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consensus that Code2000 is a highly notable font, with ample supporting documentation. User
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Having coverage in reliable sources. Help viewing special symbols on Knowledge goes in
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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145: 141: 137: 46:). No further edits should be made to this page. 100:Articles for deletion/Code2000 (second nomination) 166:on the grounds that it was not notable, and then 376:). No further edits should be made to this page. 210:?), and should be speedily closed as a keep. -- 94:Articles for deletion/Code2000 (2nd nomination) 223:What supporting documentation? I see none. -- 8: 314:This is an unusual and widely useful font. 86: 7: 84: 188:barely a month ago resulted in an 31: 336:Unicode consortium resources page 18:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 89:Articles for deletion/Code2000 1: 359:15:24, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 305:13:20, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 286:13:15, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 272:. The DRV was unanimous. 261:12:01, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 244:11:29, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 228:11:18, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 215:11:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 176:10:01, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 72:15:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC) 59:only one month ago. — Carl 393: 369:Please do not modify it. 39:Please do not modify it. 254:Help:Special characters 83:AfDs for this article: 55:as this went through 324:2007-08-19 15:10 Z 279:unicode consortium 356: 325: 162:This article was 70: 22:(Redirected from 384: 371: 344: 342:Duae Quartunciae 323: 153: 135: 60: 41: 27: 392: 391: 387: 386: 385: 383: 382: 381: 380: 374:deletion review 367: 126: 110: 107: 105: 102: 81: 51:The result was 44:deletion review 37: 29: 28: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 390: 388: 379: 378: 362: 361: 328: 327: 308: 307: 289: 288: 266: 265: 264: 263: 247: 246: 233: 232: 231: 230: 218: 217: 171:expanding it. 160: 159: 106: 104: 103: 98: 96: 91: 85: 82: 80: 75: 49: 48: 32: 30: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 389: 377: 375: 370: 364: 363: 360: 357: 354: 351: 348: 343: 337: 333: 330: 329: 326: 322: 319: 313: 310: 309: 306: 303: 299: 294: 291: 290: 287: 284: 280: 275: 271: 268: 267: 262: 259: 255: 251: 250: 249: 248: 245: 242: 238: 235: 234: 229: 226: 222: 221: 220: 219: 216: 213: 209: 205: 202: 199: 195: 191: 187: 183: 180: 179: 178: 177: 174: 169: 165: 157: 151: 147: 143: 139: 134: 130: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 108: 101: 97: 95: 92: 90: 87: 79: 76: 74: 73: 68: 64: 58: 54: 47: 45: 40: 34: 33: 25: 19: 368: 365: 349: 339: 331: 315: 311: 292: 269: 241:DavidCBryant 236: 200: 190:overwhelming 189: 181: 161: 52: 50: 38: 35: 332:Speedy Keep 237:Speedy keep 182:Speedy keep 53:speedy keep 168:un-deleted 302:jonathon 298:WP:POINT 208:WP:POINT 204:contribs 156:View log 112:Code2000 78:Code2000 318:Michael 164:deleted 129:protect 124:history 283:JulesH 258:Ptcamn 225:Ptcamn 194:Ptcamn 173:Ptcamn 133:delete 212:KSmrq 150:views 142:watch 138:links 16:< 353:cont 347:talk 312:Keep 293:Keep 274:WP:N 270:Keep 256:. -- 198:talk 184:The 146:logs 120:talk 116:edit 67:talk 186:DRV 154:– ( 63:CBM 57:DRV 321:Z. 281:. 148:| 144:| 140:| 136:| 131:| 127:| 122:| 118:| 65:· 355:) 350:· 345:( 340:— 316:— 201:· 196:( 158:) 152:) 114:( 69:) 61:( 26:)

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Knowledge:Articles for deletion
Knowledge:Articles for deletion/Code2000 (second nomination)
deletion review
DRV
CBM
talk
15:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Code2000
Articles for deletion/Code2000
Articles for deletion/Code2000 (2nd nomination)
Articles for deletion/Code2000 (second nomination)
Code2000
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
View log
deleted
un-deleted
Ptcamn
10:01, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
DRV
Ptcamn
talk
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