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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect to Lumen (unit). Although several votes were to keep, almost all of them were based on opinion; therefore this will be redirected for the timebeing per WP:SYNTH and WP:LISTN. If you feel that there may be an issue, please see WP:DRV. (non-admin closure) FoxyGrampa75 (talk) 21:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Orders of magnitude (luminous flux)[edit]

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An unreliably-sourced article that fails WP:LISTN and is comprised of noble-synthesis of data. And, if someone do manage to find such trivial list(s) in high-school/undergrad science text-book (which often have them to provide an indicative idea of the vastness of the real range of a physical quantity), we are not one.We are an encyclopedia. ∯WBGconverse 06:26, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment This article is part of a set – see the following navigational template. It doesn't make sense to consider this in isolation when other members of the set have been extensively discussed and kept previously. For example, see RfC, AfD. Andrew D. (talk) 11:09, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: On the contrary, it makes very good sense to consider these separately. Any AfD for the whole lot would never succeed, because among the fluff there is bound to be something which the "Rescue Squad" could turn into an argument. What is the point of adding this comment to a number of these AfD discussions? Do you think this "article" is useful or not? Imaginatorium (talk) 04:39, 18 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. XOR'easter (talk) 17:07, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please provide multiple sources that covers the topic of order of magnitude of luminous flux (not range of voltage) in a significant manner. ∯WBGconverse 19:57, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: This is just a list; is it encyclopaedically useful? I think not: "order of magnitude" lists for length or mass help readers put units in context with familiar objects (grains of sand, stars, etc). But this list has essentially nothing with any psychological reality: knowing that a quasar is equivalent to 10^43 fireflies is not an illuminating (sorry) comparison. And about 40% of the list is just various sizes of lightbulb. I think that a much shorter list (perhaps including fireflies and quasars) would be useful in the context of an article on luminance, but a separate list is not justified. Imaginatorium (talk) 04:39, 18 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, wumbolo ^^^ 07:31, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This article provides useful comparisons for luminous flux. —Eli355 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor 10:13, 31 October 2018 (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.
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