Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of disproved mathematical ideas

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The result was merge‎ to List of conjectures#Disproved (no longer conjectures). ✗plicit 14:30, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of disproved mathematical ideas[edit]

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Very poorly referenced (two footnotes), neither suggests WP:LISTN is met. No inclusion criteria - what is an "idea"? Maybe a list of disproved conjectures would be a reasonable idea, per Template:Disproved conjectures, but this is not what we have here. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:52, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Mathematics and Lists. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:52, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If someone thinks the article needs improvement, then let him improve it instead of getting it deleted. What kind of service to the world is it to delete articles? I think it's interesting to have a list of disproved mathematical ideas, and I would hope that people would add to it rather than criticizing and trying to get it deleted. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 09:37, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

- @Eric Kvaalen WP:ITSINTERESTING... _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:41, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. What counts as a mathematical idea is rather vague, this should at least be specified in the article. If one takes mathematical idea to mean conjecture, then there is an overlap with List of conjectures#Disproved (no longer conjectures). Jähmefyysikko (talk) 10:15, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge. After some consideration, I'd say the best course of action is to merge to List of conjectures#Disproved (no longer conjectures), and format as a table to unify the style with the sections Open problems and Conjectures now proved (theorems). --Jähmefyysikko (talk) 13:23, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment We don't need both this and List of conjectures#Disproved (no longer conjectures). XOR'easter (talk) 14:28, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per above. Seems like a notable topic that doesn’t need a separate article Dronebogus (talk) 11:04, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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