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Soft computing

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This is a confusing essay about an unclear and poorly-defined subject. It seems that many of the sources don't support the content, and I also had to remove several glaring copyright violations. It's written as a pedagogical essay, not an encyclopedia article, which makes it difficult to tell if the sources that it does have are all talking about the same thing or are using the term "soft computing" to describe related but different concepts, so that notability is sketchy at best. But even being generous, it's clear that the content is so awful that retaining it would impede writing an actual article on the subject. Reyk _YO! 09:48, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Reyk _YO! 09:48, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Deletion is not cleanup. Subject is notable. It even has its own journals. It is taught as a subject on many Computer Science courses, e.g [1]. The page passes GNG despite genuine issues with the quality of the article. Article is not poor enough to merit WP:TNT, so should be kept. I think it is stub class though. -- Sirfurboy (talk) 11:24, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]