Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Continuous quantum computation: Difference between revisions

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:::One confusing thing is that the final reference (Adesso, G., Ragy, S. and Lee, A. R. (2014), Continuous variable quantum information: Gaussian states and beyond, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4679 arXiv:1401.4679]) is very definitely about the infinite-Hilbert-space-dimension sense. So, this article has been somewhat of a blend since (...checks history...) [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuous_quantum_computation&type=revision&diff=636120427&oldid=603505438 2014]. I take this to suggest that it might be better to start from scratch. [[User:XOR'easter|XOR'easter]] ([[User talk:XOR'easter|talk]]) 19:39, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

:::Having gone over the article again, editing it for encyclopedic tone and so forth, I think the best course of action would either be to '''move''' it to something like "Quantum computation of continuous functions", or to '''merge''' it into an appropriate article (like [[quantum computation]], as suggested above). There does appear to be a legitimate literature on this general area, but the current name for the article is quite confusing, and it is possible that there simply isn't enough article here to stand on its own. [[User:XOR'easter|XOR'easter]] ([[User talk:XOR'easter|talk]]) 21:14, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

::::I tend to agree with your colleagues, and the editors who added the paper you mention, that I would have associated the title with the continuous variables rather than the- actually slightly nebulous idea- of computation of continuous functions, so I would definitely agree that the page should be moved to a more appropriate title if kept. I agree that there is literature on this point, but I'm questioning whether or not it's a useful distinction- to make a slightly frivolous illustration it seems a little like having an article called "Scientists whose names contain only letters from the first half of the alphabet". It contains noteworthy subjects but the classification isn't itself of much note. Thank you for your work improving the article- even if the consensus is for deletion I think we can merge some of this content into [[quantum computation]]. [[User:Porphyro|Porphyro]] ([[User talk:Porphyro|talk]]) 09:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC)