Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Algorithm examples

Algorithm examples

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This article is a mess, and it's hard to see what topic it could cover that would make it worth trying to rescue it. It is the work of one editor, quite idiosyncratic. It is currently subject of a WP:RM with unspecified new name. Dicklyon (talk) 05:05, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I tried prodding it a few months ago with the rationale "This article has no clear topic (the title is very vague), and reads less like an encyclopedia article and more like an excerpt from an introductory theory of computing textbook. Even a complete rewrite wouldn't save it, because what would the rewrite be about?" It was unprodded, but I think the same issues remain valid. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:08, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rename, then merge A related discussion has started at Talk:Algorithm examples#Requested move. At first glance, I agreed with Dicklyon and David that the article has no clear topic. However, the topic of the article would be clearer if it would be renamed Examples of abstract machines. I would agree with deletion if the two related articles, Abstract machine and Model of computation would not be stubs deserving a large expansion. After looking at these two articles, my suggestion is rather to merge the three articles. In any case, as some parts of Algorithm examples could be very useful for a section Examples in Abstract machine, it would be counterproductive to make them unavailable by deleting the article. D.Lazard (talk) 09:14, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would strongly disagree with merging Abstract machine and Model of computation, since the latter includes e.g. lambda calculus and μ-recursive functions, which are not machines. -- 101.117.90.93 (talk) 02:31, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:25, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:25, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Undecided. It seems like WP:SYNTH (an unpublished paper, perhaps), of mostly good quality, but containing a number of unsupported value judgements about what is "better." -- 101.117.90.93 (talk) 02:26, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]