Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mathematical Lies

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The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 01:11, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mathematical Lies

I tried to fix this up, but it stops making sense at all in the second section and becomes truisms. Couldn't find a speedy category for it, as it now is no longer nonsense. YixilTesiphon ^{Say hello} Consider my Wikiproject idea 06:28, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Unless the article is significantly improved.67.161.240.111 07:16, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• As written, delete. The third section is false as it proves nothing but is true in both cases: every number is equal to itself (this is the reflexive property of equality in algebra). The first section is a common homework problem in intermediate algebra class, usually with the instruction of "spot the fallacy"; the middle shows the fallacy of multiplying both sides of an equation by something that could be zero. Only the middle should be saved... and sent to the Talk page of Elementary algebra. B.Wind 07:50, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, useful material already at the "Division by zero" article. Gazpacho 07:58, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Gazpacho. I think. Relatively interesting, but not exactly accurate and I don't think its encyclopaedic anyway. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 10:50, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Gazpacho. JPD (talk) 11:19, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Also note the existence of mathematical mistakes. Uncle G 12:21, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• No useful content; it contains basically nothing but several variations on a bogus proof that a*0=b*0 -> a=b (or just as mistaken a^2=b^2 -> a=b which ignores the possibility that a=-b). Delete Mathematical Lies. Either delete mathematical mistakes, or consider creating List of common mistakes in mathematics or something similar. - Mike Rosoft 21:38, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, possibly expand in Mathematical humour. Stifle 00:25, 9 December 2005 (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.