Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dynamic theory of tides

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The result was merge to Theory of tides. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:03, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Content fork redundant with tides and theory of tides, poorly written and sourced. Waleswatcher (talk) 11:22, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete/merge Pure duplication/content fork under a dubious name. Looks like this might have briefly been considered a "theory" in 1775, but is now just basic accepted tidal info. I saw no sourcing to indicate that anything by this name or content exists as an identifiable entity. Zero indication of wp:notability given for this term. North8000 (talk) 11:57, 15 August 2012 (UTC) modified North8000 (talk) 11:41, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The word "theory" in naming a scientific theory in no way indicates that it is speculative; in fact, the obvious merge/redirect target would be Theory of tides. I have the impression that there is referenced material here about the experimental confirmation of the accuracy of Laplace's simplified model that is not represented elsewhere, in which case deletion cannot be recommended, but I haven't looked at this in detail for lack of time.  --Lambiam 08:04, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All true. But I think that this article is still a wreck and a duplication and is titled with an obscure little-used term that does not satisfy wp:notability. I guess that points to a merge.North8000 (talk) 11:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. 16:53, 15 August 2012 (UTC) • Gene93k (talk) 16:53, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and redirect to Theory of tides. Google book and scholar search show enough hits on "dynamic theory of tides" to establish that this is a reasonable search term.  --Lambiam 10:48, 17 August 2012 (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.