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The result was '''redirect to [[Genetic algorithm#Methodology]]'''. It's up to editors what, if anything, to merge from the history. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">[[User:Sandstein|<span style="color:white;background:blue;font-family:sans-serif;">'''&nbsp;Sandstein&nbsp;'''</span>]]</span></small> 09:13, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

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This page has remained unreferenced and a stub since 2007. It is a real topic; however it so little referred to in the scientific literature that it is hardly worthy of its own page. A small section could easily be added too [[Genetic algorithm]], [[Evolutionary algorithm]], or [[Inheritance (genetic algorithm)]]. Furthermore, the page hardly discusses speciation in the context. It mostly just repeats information that is discussed on numerous speciation-related pages. [[User: Azcolvin429|''<fontspan colorstyle="color:Green;">Andrew. Z. Colvin</fontspan>'']]&nbsp;• [[User talk:Azcolvin429|''<fontspan colorstyle="color:Green;">Talk</fontspan>'']] 20:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Mathematics|list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Shawn in Montreal|Shawn in Montreal]] ([[User talk:Shawn in Montreal|talk]]) 20:58, 13 August 2017 (UTC)</small>

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*'''Comment''' - to add to the list, there is also some similarity between this and [[Environmental niche modelling]], but I'm not sure. My feeling is to merge anything useful to [[evolutionary algorithm]] (although I don't really see anything useful to merge). I'm not sure about naming conventions for redirect, but I don't think a redirect would be kept here, nor would a hat note be necessary at [[speciation]]. [[User:Smmurphy|Smmurphy]]^{([[User talk:Smmurphy|Talk]])} 16:13, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

*'''Merge''' to the "Methodology" section of [[Genetic algorithm]] and leave a redirect behind. [[User:XOR&#39;easter|XOR&#39;easter]] ([[User talk:XOR&#39;easter|talk]]) 16:46, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

* '''Delete''' a non-notable neologism. No redirect. [[User:Power~enwiki|Power~enwiki]] ([[User talk:Power~enwiki|talk]]) 22:12, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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*'''Delete''' - this is a real thing, but I'm not sure how it's notable in any way; ping me if you find something. [[User:Bearian|Bearian]] ([[User talk:Bearian|talk]]) 17:59, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

*'''Delete.''' I passed over commenting on this over a week ago, but I still haven't found anything since that qualifies the the algorithm for its own article or even a redirect/merge since then. [[User:Kingofaces43|Kingofaces43]] ([[User talk:Kingofaces43|talk]]) 00:11, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

*'''Merge or redirect to [[Computational phylogenetics]]'''. There's mention of the algorithm there. At least I think they're talking about the same thing. I wouldn't be opposed to deleting this because there's not much here, and it's an unlikely search term, but [[WP:ATD]] argues for the redirect. If we do redirect it, this seems like a better target than [[Genetic algorithm]], suggested above. Actully, the more I think about it, it's a terrible search term, but a hatnote on [[Speciation]] pointing to [[Computational phylogenetics]] might make sense.-- [[User:RoySmith|RoySmith]] [[User Talk:RoySmith|(talk)]] 12:36, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

*'''Redirect''' Per RoySmith. [[User:L3X1|L3X1]] [[User talk:L3X1|<small>(distænt write)</small>]] 16:29, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

**'''Comment''' [[Computational phylogenetics]] is about the computerized analysis of actual biological data, whereas [[genetic algorithms]] are about using mechanisms inspired by biology in order to solve problems (e.g., in engineering). This stub concerns the latter, rather than the former. [[User:XOR&#39;easter|XOR&#39;easter]] ([[User talk:XOR&#39;easter|talk]]) 03:07, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

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*If merged anywhere, it should be to [[Genetic algorithm]]. I still think a full delete is perfectly fine, as someone in the future that has greater expertise may re-create the article with greater quality and breadth than this one. Just my thoughts. [[User: Azcolvin429|''<span style="color:Green;">Andrew. Z. Colvin</span>'']]&nbsp;• [[User talk:Azcolvin429|''<span style="color:Green;">Talk</span>'']] 22:38, 31 August 2017 (UTC) Interestingly, [[Inheritance (genetic algorithm)]] is the only related article that links to this one. But now that I am looking at it, [[Evolutionary algorithm]] seems like a better candidate to merge with. [[User: Azcolvin429|''<span style="color:Green;">Andrew. Z. Colvin</span>'']]&nbsp;• [[User talk:Azcolvin429|''<span style="color:Green;">Talk</span>'']] 22:59, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

*'''Selective merge''' to [[genetic algorithm]]. In the field of genetic algorithms, there are core concepts in the field, such as inheritance, crossover and mutation, and there are tricks of the trade to make the calculation work a little better, such as speciation, adaptive GA, and kicking the system with bouts of high mutation rate. Speciation is a real technique and all three refs are applicable, but in terms of due weight, it really only merits perhaps a single well-cited sentence in the [[genetic algorithm]] article. --[[User:Mark viking|Mark viking]] ([[User talk:Mark viking|talk]]) 05:17, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

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