Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derivative (examples) (2nd nomination)

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 delete. the delete arguments shade the transwiki comments, since this is isolated text, im not entirely clear how it fits Wikibooks but can be persauded to undelete if someone is willing to do the transwiki Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:17, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The article doesn't look encyclopedic. Wikipedia is not a place for learning resources. -- Taku (talk) 23:16, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Unencyclopedic - Wikipedia is not a HOWTO, or a list of worked examples. Ray^Talk 04:21, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Transwiki to Wikibooks (although someone should, if possible, check for copyvio first). Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:25, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you seriously suggesting that step-by-step computations of the derivatives of ${\displaystyle f(x)=x^{2},\ f(x)={\sqrt {x}}}$ and so forth might be copyrighted?? (Maybe you're punning on the word "derivative"?) Plclark (talk) 12:07, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I want to write keep because WP:ILIKEIT, but I will settle on a transwiki. Bearian (talk) 18:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and then consider merge with Derivative - The information is perfectly encyclopedic but belongs within the derivative article. Examples help explain the topic. On the other hand, that article is already long, so it may be appropriate to keep this separate to avoid load timing issues. Rlendog (talk) 20:46, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete This is not encyclopedic content. The article derivative should, and does, have some examples. This content already exists in a better form in numerous educational resources, many of which are equally freely available online. Plclark (talk) 12:07, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - there's nothing worth merging. The derivative article already has a decent example and doesn't require a large example list. -- Whpq (talk) 16:44, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Transwiki to Wikibooks - Unless I am mistaken, Wikibooks is a collection of online textbooks. Textbooks are used in school to help people learn. Since this sort of content appears to belong more in a textbook rather than an encyclopedia, a transwiki would be a good idea. --Dylan620 (contribs, logs) 01:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Wikipedia is not a textbook. Transwiki first if appropriate to that project. Propaniac (talk) 02:26, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - examples can be included in articles, but shouldn't be the subject of articles. PhilKnight (talk) 12:16, 17 July 2009 (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.