Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chemical state

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 of the discussion was Keep for now, article appears to be going through a fair bit of rewriting. No prejudice against re-AfDing this article in the near future if the concerns of this AfD have not been met. Deathphoenix ʕ 17:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chemical state

The opening line uses the phrse "...is synonymous with..." - it is a repeat article, using an unpopular term to apparently describe a fundamental of chemistry - ox. states. It is repeat info, and should be deleted - Jak (talk) 22:57, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. (Liberatore, 2006). 12:42, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

• Neutral. Looks like a hypertrophied disambig page more than anything. Perhaps it should be trimmed down to a standard one? Tevildo 14:21, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Herostratus 00:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. What is this a repeat article of? I do seem to remember commenting on somehting similar. --Bduke 12:22, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 12:56, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and rewrite. This article is an attempt to define and explain the term chemical state (which is not synonymous with oxidation state—it's a more general term.) However, it's unclear and overly discursive. Spacepotato 01:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
• As an amateur contributor, I'm ready to modify the article as needed. I just added 5 references yesterday as requested; ref 4 is one which should satisfy the validity of the term. The other references serve as dated material to establish when the term came into common use by surface scientists, chemical analysts and materials scientists. The term chemical state was used in a 1979 reference: ref #5, but that reference was published privately and does not have an ISBN number. The term was came into existence in the late 60's, but I've not checked my older books just yet. When you guys and gals have a moment, please review my user page User:bvcrist, which I've just recently added so you can know a bit about my knowledge and experience. I admit I did not follow protocol for this page, but give me a bit of time as I'm still learning Wiki protocol, and take a look at my contributrions to the page called X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. User:bvcrist23:31 9 July 2006
• Been busy improving page Have added organization, references, significance, list of methods using term, ISBN numbers, refined some sentences, fixed some typos, related links Bvcrist 19:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

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.