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The result was delete. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 05:51, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

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Not a (de jure or de facto) standard by any means, but rather a non-notable inside joke. � (talk) 14:06, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

• Comment. This initiative (and especially Google's use of a "humans.txt" file) does seem to have gotten some attention in the blogosphere. But so far I am not having much success finding any coverage in reliable sources, which is what we need here at Wikipedia. --Arxiloxos (talk) 14:48, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:59, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:59, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

• Weak delete. There have been mentions of this in a few web development books. Most have been put out by Packt Publishing (examples: ), although there's also an example in this SitePoint book. However, there's very little of significance in these sources, merely a definition and an example at best. Google's use of a humans.txt file has generated a lot of attention, but I struggle to see any of it in a reliable source. I don't think it would take much for me to reconsider deletion here, but I'm just not seeing the standard being met from what I was able to find. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 16:29, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
• Delete. Stupid I.T. in-joke. I think Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day applies here. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:13, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
• Delete Doesn't appear to be a notable 'standard file' like robots.txt. It looks like this might have been some sort of web design fad. I did not find any reliable sources via Google Scholar or ACM. OSborn ^arf_contribs. 01:23, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

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