Wikipedia talk:Chemical ASCII-art
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I may just be insufficiently scientific, but is there a reason this needs an article? I'm engaged to a biochemist and have never heard this phrase, nor can I imagine why anyone would need to look up this article. Additionally, this seems like it will always be a stub: the only additional content would be explaining what each ASCII symbol represents, and I'm sure there are little variations that would toss this page into confusion. Or perhaps I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Just offering my first reaction upon reading this...Jwrosenzweig 00:10, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Discussion from Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion:
- Chemical ASCII-art - not an encyclopedia topic with basically useless content. Maximus Rex 21:51, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Delete. -- The content is pretty useless. Information on a subject that is obvious and needs no elaboration (e.g. "How to Draw Stick Men"). —Frecklefoot 14:29, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Page "Chemical ASCII-art" moved to "Wikipedia:Chemical ASCII-art". Keep the latter. If somebody wants to delete the former (now a redirect), please fix the links to it. - Patrick 22:38, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Why? The page is essentially useless it only tells how to 'draw' linear molcules. They can simply be stated in the body of the article without needing any 'drawing' since they are linear. If a molecules has a more complicated structure, then the little 'guide' will be of no use. I think if anything a .png of the molecule should be uploaded, although it would be nice if wikipedia supported TeX for it, like they currently do for mathematical formulas. Maximus Rex 00:47, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- These are 2D figures, more easily editable (for corrections and variations) than png. The page is simple but not useless for everybody.
- Why? The page is essentially useless it only tells how to 'draw' linear molcules. They can simply be stated in the body of the article without needing any 'drawing' since they are linear. If a molecules has a more complicated structure, then the little 'guide' will be of no use. I think if anything a .png of the molecule should be uploaded, although it would be nice if wikipedia supported TeX for it, like they currently do for mathematical formulas. Maximus Rex 00:47, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Keep. It's been redirected to an internal page, and it's useful.--AaronSw 04:43, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)
