Talk:Outline of combinatorics

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I'd seriously suggest changing the irratible bowel syndrome metaphor to one more common and accessible. It doesn't make the text easier, only harder. Anyone got anything better? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.253.185 (talk • contribs)

Branches?

The section titled Branches of combinatorics lists only the following two items:

Combinatorial chemistry
Graph theory

Does combinatorial chemistry really constitute a "branch" of combinatorics? And why does this section omit virtually everything? Michael Hardy (talk) 01:42, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It appears the section was just started, which would explain the lack of entries. The Transhumanist 02:23, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know if it is any better now. The Transhumanist 03:07, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely it's far better now. Michael Hardy (talk) 05:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rename proposal defeated, "Outline of" title restored

Due to a number of undiscussed moves, a proposal was made to rename outlines to "List of ... topics".

The proposal failed.

Therefore, based on the outcome of that discussion, I've restored the title of this article to "Outline of combinatorics". I have waited until the discussion was completed to revert the undiscussed move of this page that took place September 6th.

Note that this article has been named "Outline of combinatorics" since July 11, 2009, when the mostly alphabetized "List of combinatoric topics" was split into Index of combinatoric articles and this page (via rename).

Recently, there were a number of mathematics-related lists renamed to outlines by a new editor who rampaged through several departments. Outline of combinatorics was not one of the pages he renamed. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics/Archive/2011/Sep#Undiscussed List -> Outline moves.

Sincerely, The Transhumanist 02:32, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]