Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lemon battery

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 Keep. - Bobet 16:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lemon battery

This is a how-to guide describing a pre-GCSE level science experiment that doesn't even work! It has been tagged for cleanup since July (and hasn't received much attention). Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. If the experiment worked then I think it would fit well in a science textbook (which AIUI is Wikibooks' raison d'être) and I'd be proposing a transwiki to there, but as it is I don't see the point. Thryduulf 16:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Dpbsmith (talk) 16:10, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, this article describes an experiment that is apparently used in many textbooks. However, I agree with your point that the article should not be a guide to the experiment. I will try some cleanup. - Liberatore(T) 16:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I agree with Liberatore... Nathan Beach 16:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Thanks to Liberatore for the improvements. It's no longer a how-to guide. --Thunk 18:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, while it shouldn't read as an experiment, it is a chemical cell and is an important example for oxidation/reduciton chemistry. Jawz 18:39, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep looks ok now High Plains Drifter 19:00, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, per Liberatore. -Rebelguys2 19:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Paolo. Latinus 20:20, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable school experiment. Cedars 03:37, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, good work Paolo. Proto t c 11:58, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - wait a minute - doesn't this work with other fruits/vegetables, also? I know it can be done with potatoes. Should that be mentioned? There's no article on potato battery, sadly. Proto t c 12:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Right! I have added a paragraph to the article. Apparently, you can use most fruits or vegatables, but sticking the electrodes in a leaf of lettuce is just too difficult... - Liberatore(T) 17:07, 26 January 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.