Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Low frequency

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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 08:00, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Low frequency

There is nothing in this article that has not been said in the longwave article, and what there is has been moved across by me anyway. Gerry Lynch 18:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to Longwave. If content has been moved from here, we want to save the history. Fan1967 18:09, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect as above. Xyrael ^T 19:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Couldn't you just merge?
• On the Longwave frequency: "This range includes the low frequency band, and part of the medium frequency band." Low frequency and Longwave are not the same thing. If deleted, make sure the differences are clear in the Longwave article.
• Longwave is not low frequency! PLEASE READ Definition of frequency bands (VLF, ELF... etc.) text by: Tomislav Stimac (http://www.inet.hr/~tstimac/contacts.htm) 134.193.168.236 20:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
  • I've read it. It is not correct. Stimac's definition if medium wave, long wave and short wave as referring to the broadcast bands is entirely sui generis. Gerry Lynch 14:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: longwave is not low frequency. Please read the articles, especially longwave, where it clearly says:

  Longwave radio frequencies are those below 500 kHz, which correspond to wavelengths longer than 600 meters. This range includes the low frequency band, and part of the medium frequency band.

  Contrast this with low frequency, which is again perfectly clear:

  Low Frequency or LF (sometimes called longwave) refers to Radio Frequencies (RF) in the range of 30–300 kHz.

  Obviously, "below 500 kHz" and "30–300 kHz" are not the same thing. In any case, deleting "low frequency" and keeping "longwave" would totally go against the standard for band-related articles, which are almost universally named by frequency. — Johan the Ghost _seance 11:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

  • The articles may say that. The articles are wrong. Long Wave and Low Frequency are identical terms. Gerry Lynch 14:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
    • You are wrong. The terms VLF LF MF HF, etc are defined by and accepted by the International Telecommunication Union. [1] [2] Longwave is an inexact and antiquated term. BigE1977 04:28, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Johantheghost. BigE1977 06:03, 6 June 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.