Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noncommutative polynomial

Noncommutative polynomial

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The article refers only to a single theorem about noncommutative polynomials. Whether or not that theorem deserves an article, the topic of noncommutative polynomials shouldn't start with that theorem. It's possible a move, followed by overwriting the redirect with a sensible article, might be better. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:02, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As an alternative, move the current Non-commutative polynomial ring article (actually, at free algebra) to this name (Noncommutative polynomial). This involves deleting the article presently here, so it still requires a delete result. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 05:37, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The article does not seem to be about the subject but a narrow aspect of it. There might be material for an article with this name, but it's hard to see where it find it from what's here. Given this, a move might be in order but the references given do not establish notability for what is covered.--RDBury (talk) 04:56, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. AfD is not a clean-up process. If you want to suggest a merge into Non-commutative polynomial ring, you should suggest that. There is literally nothing - no comment at all - on the discussion page of the article. This nomination is not apparently about the topic of the article, but about the handling of this draft, so is quite out of scope for the process. Please follow the good steps mentioned at WP:BEFORE. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:23, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, due diligence suggests googling for "Connes embedding conjecture" before rushing this article to deletion. I find this, which suggests that the correct tagging is for more context, nothing more. Charles Matthews (talk) 17:48, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes an article can be cleaned up and sometimes it's better to start over from scratch. I don't see what there is in the article that can be salvaged. The title seems to have little to do with what the article is about, there is so little context provided that it's difficult to tell what it is about, and there are no references given to show that whatever that may be is notable. In light of this I think the nomination was appropriate. If delete is not in order then please indicate sources that establish notability, or indicate which article it should be merged with. The responsibility for establishing notability rests with the article's creator, not with the person nominating it of AfD.--RDBury (talk) 08:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 01:30, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]