Talk:Degree of polymerization

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Merge. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. There is no room to expand this article beyond a definition. Irene Ringworm 16:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose to merge: Once again this discussion belongs in talk page polymerization. My general concerns with merges can be found here: User:V8rik#On_mergers. In addition to that, why treat a reader who is interested in degree of polymerization (a phrase used abundantly in polymer chemistry) to a big article in general. It will take the reader much more time to get the information he or she want if it is buried inside the polymerization article (after all the reader did not select to go to polymerization in the fist place.) The iupac Gold book does a better job. If you merge the phrase degree of polymerization will also disappear from the categories, again a disservice to the reader. Energy is better put in expanding the article V8rik 18:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. There's no way to work this into the polymerization article without it being buried and merging with molecular weight poses the same problem. Suggestions for expansion? Irene Ringworm 23:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Actually the sort of references I'm looking for are vague statements like "For most industrial purposes, lengths in the thousands or tens of thousands are desired." The definition of DP certainly doesn't need a citation as per wiki guidelines but vague references or potentially controversial statements need to be supported with references or deleted. I'll use the fact template in the future to be more clear. Irene Ringworm 23:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)