BetaWiki:Articles for deletion

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Early Chicago fakes
I think that the notability of builds 21i, 26, 36, 38, 45, 47 and perhaps more should be reevaluated. All of these were only shown in some old BetaArchive threads and aside from BetaWiki and I can't believe it's not BetaWiki there is no other webpage about these builds so I am not sure if they even have the "potential to confuse people about their legitimacy" as the Guidelines put the conditions on documenting fake builds. -- 22:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * these fakes shouldve been deleted a long time ago. MikeShinoda2001 (Norman) 22:56, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * No, they really don't have the potential, because of the taskbar style present in the images. ToMi (talk | contribs) 18:38, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Gamerappa (talk) 22:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) MikeShinoda2001 (Norman) 22:51, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 3) Jurta (talk • contribs) 22:54, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 4) As partially mentioned by Ryu, these aren't notable fakes. I've not seen anyone in some time try to pass these off as genuine. Xeno (talk) 23:00, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 5) ToMi (talk | contribs) 18:36, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 6) Jajan131 (talk) 02:14, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 7) WinInsider (talk) 02:48, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 8) 创世的蔷薇 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Build 47 - Jajan131 (talk) 02:14, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * build 47 is only mentioned in an old betaarchive thread from 2009. -Gamerappa (talk) 02:22, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Build 47 is mentioned in TASKMAN.EXE, anyway, I prefer to keep it as a precaution but unconfirmed... Note, there are other executables where there are different build numbers but they match the same suite of past Windows Chicago build numbers but they are unconfirmed too, after all.... I already made a comment about this in April 2014 on BetaArchive ! - Jajan131 (talk) 03:06, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Good point, but still, file versions are not notable. ToMi (talk | contribs) 17:02, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

File:Win8-801-.png
There's no source on this image and it potentially could be fake. Xeno (talk) 18:34, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It can be either Windows 8 build 8011 or Windows 8 build 8014, which was already leaked. ToMi (talk | contribs) 17:09, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I think is Windows 8 build 8011, because the 8014 number position build name don't match, but the 8011 position fits. --Vannura (talk) 14:56, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * That would make sense. ToMi (talk | contribs) 16:39, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I think it's better before to make a consensus, talk to User:Yue Ling, if he knows where he found this image, because he was the one who sent this image. (I already asked him.) --Vannura (talk) 21:39, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Xeno (talk) 18:34, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) ToMi (talk | contribs) 18:36, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 3) Jurta (talk • contribs) 18:37, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 4) MikeShinoda2001 (Norman) 21:33, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 5) 创世的蔷薇 (talk • contribs) 04:26, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) --Vannura (talk) 21:55, 10 September 2021 (UTC) I think i found that version, probably this build is Windows 8 build 8011.

Windows Server 2016 build 10513
With some fake builds, in the AfD will deleted that fake build, but this page was recreating.

It looks like it, but these are still just random files from that build, so i still think the article should go away. --我是王牌66 (talk) 02:35, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) It's a different source lol. Xeno (talk) 02:38, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) And the source that was mentioned in the page was Channel 9. WinInsider (talk) 02:44, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 3) MikeShinoda2001 (Norman) 02:52, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 4) 我是王牌66 (talk) 04:03, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 5) The source isn't from some file, it's from a video. Jurta (talk • contribs) 07:42, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Windows Longhorn build 3708
A new user account objected to the proposed deletion of this article without any explanation, so I am putting this under discussion. Original explanation for the deletion proposal from the talk page: On 25 August 2007, BetaArchive user Namronia posted screenshots from various Windows builds, including that supposed screenshot for 3708: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24708#p24708 Right, that's likely its origin. Though, I discovered another thing that really shook my head. Almost 2 months prior on 30 June, that exact same user posted another image of a properties dialog for IDWLOG - which looks the same as in that 3708 screenshot, except cropped: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=19612#p19612 Notice, however, that latter screenshot has "3720" for its build number, yet it retains the same compile string as the properties dialog for the former screenshot - meaning the images were edited to report a different build number. On top of all that, Namronia states in their earlier post that they "don't know the running os", which really struck me as odd seeing as he knew what the other versions were in the later post. It's possible he just researched more during those 2 months, though I thought I'd bring that up. Overall, that only increases my skepticism weather the 3708 screenshot is real, never mind the build itself. I'll let you come to your conclusions on this, as I'd like to know what I said should mean the article be removed, labeled as fake, or stay as is (with the context I provided be added to said article). --Blue Horizon (talk) 04:03, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) From a quick reverse image search I can only see this particular screenshot being only documented on some weird build lists, BetaWiki and I can't believe it's not BetaWiki, so I am in favor of the deletion. -- 20:06, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 2) Yeah, this build barely has any notability surrounding it, I don't see a real reason to keep this. Jurta (talk • contribs) 20:11, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 3) 3708's screenshot does not sit right with me. The taskbar is too similar to build 3683's and I am struggling to find a reason why Microsoft would ditch build 3706's taskbar only to revert it back in build 3713. I also noticed that the 3 confirmed 37xx builds do not contain  whereas 3683 and 4001 do (Both builds   is 61KB). It's not to say that 3708 is an outlier, my confidence in the build containing said file remains very low.   has been modified as the date modified does not match up with the build's compile date, whereas if it was genuine, it would match. Xeno (talk) 21:32, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 4) MikeShinoda2001 (Norman) 22:36, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 5) I'm pretty sure that this build is a modified build 3683. Bubblebeam (talk) 02:09, 15 September 2021 (UTC)