Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Femtillion

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 debate was speedy redirect. Four similar articles have been redirected without AfD (see list). This one was no better - the fact that it has a few more what links here's makes little difference - it was still a pretty pointless article. -- RHaworth 19:44, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Femtillion

Not very notable, possible OR?

• Abstain for the moment as nominator (but leaning delete); I want to see what others have to say. --Trovatore 04:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
• Rewrite and Keep - Top three hits in google are Other names of large numbers, a Wiki mirror as Other names of large numbers and An AOL site. The article is fairly obtuse to anyone other than a mathematician I think. CambridgeBayWeather 04:34, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Ah, thanks. My vote is Redirect to Other names of large numbers. I think that should close the issue; pro forma am I supposed to wait for the seven days or whatever? --Trovatore 04:38, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Other names of large numbers... I wouldn't even bother to wait 7 days based on the general shambles the article is in.--Isotope23 18:53, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, that's what I should have done from the start, but there are specific warnings not to convert an article under AfD to a redir. Not sure how much common sense to use here. Can I ask an admin for a speedy redirect? --Trovatore 20:36, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Your guess is as good as mine... I wasn't aware there was a protocol against redirects during an AFD, since I've seen it done, but perhaps it was an admin who did it.--Isotope23 21:40, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
      • I think it's too late now to make it into a redirect as the article has been given other tags. However, I found an article this evening that was tagged as AfD by it's creator due to misspelling. I changed it to a redirect and of course overwrote the delete tag. I then put a note on the AfD page saying what I'd done. I've done the same with articles that have been tagged as speedy but in that case I usually notify the user that put the speedy on it. No one has ever complained. CambridgeBayWeather 11:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Well you can do most anything, and often no one will complain. But as AndyJones says below, it is good wiki-practice, and established wiki-policy to let AfDs run their course. Paul August ☎ 13:15, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification!--Isotope23 14:06, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

• I think you guys have totally the right idea. It could have been redirected rather than brought to AfD: but now it's here, IMHO it's good wiki-practice to let it have its five days. It's doing no harm where it is. If anyone else wants to vote, or the author wants to defend a separate article, this page is a forum. AndyJones 00:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect per Trovatore. Paul August ☎ 01:56, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect article to Other names of large numbers; redirect author to ESL. ;-P --Kgf0 21:57, 5 October 2005 (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.