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Problems with this article

I have three problems with this article:

  1. The reference that, I assume, is intended to demonstrate the usage and notability of the term gives a "Not found" error when I try to access it.
  2. The example from Cantor's diagonal argument that is meant to illustrate a self-referential function is clearly not self-referential ! The function g is not defined in terms of itself; it is defined in terms of the functions fk. And the whole point of the argument is to show that g is not in the set {fk}.
  3. We already have a much better article at self-reference.

Unless someone can fix the example and provide some useful sources, I will seriously consider taking this article to AfD. Gandalf61 (talk) 15:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]