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*'''Keep''' or possibly meld into one [[Index of physics articles]] article. Indices of science-related articles on Wikipedia are numerous; [[:Category:Indexes_of_science_articles]] lists 37 of them. Why pick on physics? If it is because the index is broken into separate articles, we could meld them into one. If it is not the physics index articles in particular, but indices in general that you think are useless, then this is something to bring up on a policy forum, not AfD. As a side note, there is no AfD notice on the 'A' page. --[[User:Mark viking|Mark viking]] ([[User talk:Mark viking|talk]]) 22:14, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

::Note that these indexes appear to have originally existed as a single index named "Index of physics articles", but was apparently split in an attempt to make it more easily readable and maintainable. The common objection to these indexes is not related to the number of articles they take up, but to the huge maintenance overhead that they entail. If indexes like this exist and are approved by consensus, then article creators should be duty-bound to add their new article to the index, which becomes maintenance creep. Also what defines "Physics-related" as the appropriate point in the category nesting to create a flat list? Why not "Science-related"? Alternatively why not "Quantum Physics-related" and "Computational Physics-related" and..... ? A far better solution would be an addition to the MediaWiki software that allows any category to be viewed in flat-form with one button click. —[[User:Gorgan almighty|gorgan_almighty]] ([[User talk:Gorgan almighty|talk]]) 12:20, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

:::Even if such an index is not complete, it can still be useful, just like Wikipedia as a whole. That button would be really nice to have, but that's not decided here. It would also need to be more than just a one-click button, since walking down the category tree far enough starting from [[:Category:Physics]] you can easily get to completely different topics. &mdash;&thinsp;[[User:Hhhippo|<font color="darkblue" face="times">'''H<small>HHIPPO</small>'''</font>]] 20:51, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

*'''Undecided'''. As they stand now, the lists don't do anything better than categories. There are also several problems just from a cursory examination. Physicists don't need to be included individually when there is already a [[List of physicists]], and they definitely shouldn't be ordered by first name. Also, articles like [[zinc sulfide]] and [[zirconium alloy]] really belong in the [[Index of chemistry articles]] (which also lists scientists by first name). [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 23:53, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Science|list of Science-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Gene93k|• Gene93k]] ([[User talk:Gene93k|talk]]) 00:08, 9 March 2013 (UTC)</small>

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*'''Keep''' as the creator of the majority of these articles (I did not create [[Index of physics articles]]). The reason these lists were originally split was due to the extreme size of the list if all of these entries were on the same article; as mentioned above, the size of the articles would have been about 400kB. And since the list is not breaking any types of policies (as mentioned above), I do not see why these articles need to be deleted. [[User:Steel1943|Steel1943]] ([[User talk:Steel1943|talk]]) 19:09, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

:*'''Note'''. At the present time, these articles are not in [[:Category:Physics]]. However, they are currently in [[:Category:Index of physics articles]]. That should be noted, regardless of the outcome. [[User:Steel1943|Steel1943]] ([[User talk:Steel1943|talk]]) 19:13, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

:::I put them there since [[:Category:Physics]] requires diffusion. I don't see the connection to this AfD though. &mdash;&thinsp;[[User:Hhhippo|<font color="darkblue" face="times">'''H<small>HHIPPO</small>'''</font>]] 20:51, 9 March 2013 (UTC)