Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mathematical methods

Mathematical methods

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Solution in search of a problem. The only usage I found (now reverted) was basically to the phrase "methods using mathematics" (and in three of the four cases, were on pages on the dab itself) In other words, a bad dab. Primefac (talk) 16:21, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Isn't this AFD a solution in search of a problem? The term "mathematical methods" is very broad; it makes sense to allow any readers searching on such a broad term to find their way to articles about mathematical methods in three big areas (physics, electronics, economics). There is no way in which this disambiguation page hurts anything, and it does help. In general, disambiguation pages are supporting pages, like redirects, that are "cheap" and helpful. --do ncr am 17:14, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It could be converted to a broad concept article (which would naturally link to the physics, electronics, economics articles), but no editor is barred from doing that by the disambiguation page existing. It should not be deleted. --do ncr am 17:42, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The title is often used for books or university courses. It's a broad concept which might usefully link to many other articles including applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, numerical analysis and quantitative research. Andrew D. (talk) 17:30, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - this is a widely used term and the page is sensibly and usefully constructed. It can certainly be improved, too. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:26, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 21:37, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 21:37, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 21:37, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete useless redirect. Vague, overbroad, with nothing linking to it, serving no purpose for disambiguation. The fact that "mathematical methods" *might* mean something useful, used as a justification by the !keep comments above, does not mean that what we have here actually *is* useful. Created by notorious creator-of-useless-redirects Fmadd. Nuke it. No prejudice against creating a different article with the title "mathematical methods" if someone finds a specific topic by that name to write about, or if there is something less vague and general than mathematics, mathematical physics, etc. to link to in a redirect page. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:28, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NAMELIST as two of the entries on the WP:DAB page are only partial entries and the third is a subset of the disambiguation article's scope. -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 22:39, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per David Eppstein and KAP03. older ≠ wiser 10:31, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Update I have added more entries which seem reasonably close in meaning or wording. The nay-saying above is now obsolete. Andrew D. (talk) 13:19, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]