Talk:Ab initio

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[edit] Merge

Ab initio calculations is a stub which is used on only one page, wavelet, and then in a rather vague way. Merge into this disambiguation page which contains almost as much information on the scientific use of the term seems the best solution. "Ab initio calculations" normally refers to the quantum chemistry ab initio quantum chemistry methods, but that is not quite correct for the usage on wavelet, although it is helpful to have it on the disambig page for readers coming from wavelet.

  • Support merge as above. --Bduke 23:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Ab initio is also used when referring to recognition of new genes. Ab initio recognition of genes attempts to predict where in the genome genes will be found i.e GENSCAN using features such as CpG islands and STS (sequence tagged sites) therefore it is possibly not best to just have a marged page.. disambig page is a good idea with linked separate pages refering to each use of the phrase —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.24.118.196 (talk • contribs).
  • I agree with merging ab initio and ab initio calculations. Xueyamin 19:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
  • But where to keep the information of Ab initio calculations if they're to merge? The Ab initio article will be too full of information as a DAB page if all the information from the AIC article are merged into the DAB. --Deryck C. 08:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
  • There really is not a lot of information there. It could certainly be added to the DAB page. This has been around as a merge proposal for a long time. Can we just do it? --Bduke 10:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I have done the merge as there has been no disagreement. --Bduke 23:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)