Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herodotus machine

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The result was delete. Presumably, the student who created this has already received a grade, and no one is arguing that the article be kept. Anyone who thinks that a redirect would be useful is free to create one. Deor (talk) 17:15, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Herodotus machine[edit]

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I am unaware of any RS that has ever called this an Herodotus machine. It has been referred to as Herodotus' machine, that is, the machine described by Herodotus. This is more than a name problem--it's our using an invented specific name for something that has only a generic name.

The article is furthermore POV, advocating for this theory, tho the one reliable source given, ref 4, does not give it this specific name, and thinks it implausible. (The BM source is a very elementary generic timeline, that does not describe this or any machine) DGG ( talk ) 12:52, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, the subject is already covered in Egyptian pyramid construction techniques.TheLongTone (talk) 13:33, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:48, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:48, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per TheLongTone. Article is essentially unsourced. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:06, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
REdirect to Egyptian pyramid construction techniques. This adds little; anyway the name is a misnomer: Heroditus merely described it. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:48, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.