Talk:Quantum sort

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This article was nominated for deletion on May 30, 2005. The result of the discussion was keep. An archived record of this discussion can be found on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quantum sort.

This article was nominated for deletion on June 16, 2005. The result of the discussion was keep. An archived record of this discussion can be found on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quantum sort2.

[edit] Non-existence

Speedy deletion reason by User:WAS_4.250:

No source listed. No source found when I searched. This is a dictionary definition with an unprovable assertion as the Quantum computer does not exist and the Quantum algoritm does not exist.

I removed this deletion tag because I don't think an article that has already been AfD'd twice can be subjected to a speedy delete.

Unprovable or not, remember that our criterion is verifiability, not truth. It looks like there is sufficient source material to build a decent article on this concept, regardless of whether such a thing will ever actually be constructed. ~ Booya ^Bazooka 14:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

• "Quantum sort is sorting on a quantum computer" really isn't saying much. I suggest we redirect this article to Bogosort, which is sourced. >Radiant< 11:16, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

There is more to the concept of sorting on a quantum machine than the bogosort joke, though. The article doesn't currently say much of anything, you're right. But it should say a lot more. ~ Booya ^Bazooka 11:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

• If it could say anything not already covered in sorting and quantum computing and such, go for it. Frankly I'm no expert on the subject, it's just that at present this article is pretty close to our definition of lack of content. >Radiant< 13:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)