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Thank you {{ping|Elemimele}} for the note on my Talk. Responding here to keep the discussion centralized. As far as {{tq|The unreferenced content cannot stand; it must be removed}}, that's not strictly true as this isn't a BLP. However if you're challenging the material's veracity, {{ping|Trovatore}}, you're correct to require sourcing. As far as whether a dab can have explanatory content, that I'm not sure on and I apologize if my close means something that's out of another policy. I'm actually not sure how to proceed on this. With my editor had on, reading [[Cumulative density function]], I feel the text is needed for a lay reader on why it results from the confusion between the two primary topics, even if it's not an error, strictly speaking. I think given the inability to proceed, DRV for more eyes makes sense. You're reviewing the close not because you disagree-for the reasons you noted here, my Talk and in your discussion above-but because we're stuck. I'd support this, unless you think there's an active project that might have some thoughts on what's next. Thoughts? (Note, I'm intermittently on line this evening so pardon any delay). <span style="font-family:Calibri; font-weight:bold;">[[User:Star Mississippi|<span style="color:#a117f2;">Star</span>]] [[User talk:Star Mississippi|<span style="color:#df00fe;">Mississippi</span>]]</span> 21:42, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

:Fair point about it not being a BLP. Am I challenging the veracity?

:I suppose, in a very mild sense, I am. I understand Michael's objection to "cumulative density function" and for those reasons would not use the phrase myself.

:But what do you get when you accumulate a density function. To me, "a cumulative density function" seems like a not-totally-stupid answer. It's true that that function isn't itself a density function, but English &mdash; even mathematical English &mdash; is not necessarily so tidy as for that to be a fatal objection.

:Given that reasoning, I'm uncomfortable calling all the "otherwise respectable writers" wrong in Wikivoice. --[[User:Trovatore|Trovatore]] ([[User talk:Trovatore|talk]]) 22:51, 16 June 2023 (UTC)