Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/God's algorithm
The article reads:
- "For a particular type of problem, "God's Algorithm" is the most efficient way of solving that problem for a particular composite of space and memory efficiency."
This is only a dictionary definition, and I don't see much scope for expansion. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 04:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Delete Not even a dictdef, as the article doesn't explain what God's algorithm actually is, or the problems that it can solve. (aeropagitica) (talk) 04:10, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Redirect to Optimal solutions for Rubik's Cube, which seems to be the context on Google. Melchoir 04:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Redirect per Melchoir. Maybe it could be expanded later. Kevin 05:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Keep It's certainly capable of expansion, and is not restricted to Rubik's Cube, so a redirect could be misleading. Check out some of the Google results. Tyrenius 06:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. I would agree that the concept is not restricted to Rubik's Cube, but I wonder how it can be expanded. Could you give an example? The search for an optimal algorithm is certainly interesting, but it seems to me that the natural place to treat this is not in God's algorithm, but in some other page talking about the specific problem being solved. For Rubik's Cube, we have Optimal solutions for Rubik's Cube; for matrix multiplications, this is discussed in matrix multiplication, and if it gets too large for that, it can be discussed in Optimal algorithm for matrix multiplication, et cetera. I don't think it has any use to gather all these optimal algorithms for diverse problems in one place. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 06:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- This could work as an overview which directs to other articles with specific examples.Tyrenius 06:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. I would agree that the concept is not restricted to Rubik's Cube, but I wonder how it can be expanded. Could you give an example? The search for an optimal algorithm is certainly interesting, but it seems to me that the natural place to treat this is not in God's algorithm, but in some other page talking about the specific problem being solved. For Rubik's Cube, we have Optimal solutions for Rubik's Cube; for matrix multiplications, this is discussed in matrix multiplication, and if it gets too large for that, it can be discussed in Optimal algorithm for matrix multiplication, et cetera. I don't think it has any use to gather all these optimal algorithms for diverse problems in one place. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 06:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Merge with algorithm, this looks like an important concept, but there is too little to say about it for its own article. JIP | Talk 08:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. I've rewritten the article. Please have another look. LambiamTalk 10:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- Keep Lambiam's rewrite. As Tyrenius mentioned, the topic has quality Google results. There appears to be substantial interest in the topic. ScottW 13:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC)