Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ephemeris of Mercury

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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was transwiki. FCYTravis 5 July 2005 10:18 (UTC)

[edit] Ephemeris of Mercury, Ephemeris of Mars, Ephemeris of Jupiter, Ephemeris of Saturn

Is this absolutely necessary? Apart from being well over 200kb in size, it's just a (very long) table of the position of Mercury at various times over ten years. At best it's source material. Francs2000 | Talk 13:43, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Comment. I have combined these four separate vfd's into one for vfd efficiency, as the articles are virtually identical in format/content. -- BD2412 talk 14:02, 2005 Jun 20 (UTC)
  • Wikisource. Radiant_>|< 14:03, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • I don't know if Wikisource wants this, the formatting is a bit wanting. But transwiki to Wikisource anyway, and let the users there decide whether or not they want it. Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:06, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Transwiki, possibly to a book of astronomical ephemeris'. :) — RJH 15:03, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to Wikibooks or Wikisource. - Mgm|(talk) 15:57, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to Wikibooks. The raw data (while interesting to some) are not sufficiently readable for an encyclopedic antry. Physchim62 16:07, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • Wikibooks is for textbooks and manuals, which this is not. Uncle G 16:25, 2005 Jun 20 (UTC)
  • According to Wikisource:What is Wikisource? Wikisource includes "Mathematical data, formulas, and tables" and "Statistical source data". Uncle G 16:25, 2005 Jun 20 (UTC)
  • Clean up and transwiki to Wikisource.--Jyril 17:17, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Format properly as tables (perhaps one per year for easier rendering) and t/w to Wikisource or Wikibooks. --MarkSweep 20:14, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to Wikisource. Evil Monkey∴Hello 22:23, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Very useful, but sadly Wikipedia isn't the place for ephemerides. Transwiki to Wikisource and tidy up. Grutness...wha? 00:51, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Wikisource after cleanup. JamesBurns 06:15, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: Desperately needs tidying up. MacRusgail
    • Ideally if the articles are kept, the data should be placed into tables rather than leaving as is. JamesBurns 06:27, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • delete all, add source of data to Ephemeris.--Kurando 28 June 2005 10:41 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to Wikisource (or Wikibooks, whichever will take it). There's a limit to how almanac-like Wikipedia should be, IMO. Bryan 30 June 2005 00:39 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be placed on a related article talk page, if one exists; in an undeletion request, if it does not; or below this section.