Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Polygon sum conjecture

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The result of the debate was DELETE. JeremyA 04:01, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Polygon sum conjecture

It is well known that the sum of angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, for a quadrilateral it is 360 degrees, and for a polygon with n sides it is 180*(n-2). This is not a conjecture, rather a very easy to prove theorem. So, this article is a hoax. Shall we have it deleted? Oleg Alexandrov 01:16, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It's not a conjecture, title is a joke, and information is already found in polygon. drini ☎ 01:22, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Agree. Dmharvey Talk 01:29, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Quale 01:30, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. No redirect. No such thing. mikka (t) 01:36, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. A hoax. Every schoolchild learns this fact; it's not a conjecture. Michael Hardy 02:10, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. With the quality of math textbooks at the junior-high and high-school levels, it's quite possible that there exists a geometry book which uses this term. But you'll never see that book in MY classroom... ESkog 02:31, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete NeoJustin 02:37 June 3, 2004
• Comment: It's not a hoax. A quick Google search shows that it the expression is used pedagogically -- when presented it is conjectural, and it is for the students to prove them. Or something like that. Perhaps this should be deleted, but certainly not for any of the reasons set forth above. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 03:09, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A conjecture is an unsolved problem in mathematics. The thing for students, is I think called homework problem. Oleg Alexandrov 03:41, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I agree, and the usage disturbs me -- but deleting it because we don't think it should be used that way doesn't mean it isn't used that way -- our opinion of the usage is irrelevant. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 14:59, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

All the relevant information is available in polygon. Oleg Alexandrov 15:55, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Redirect to Polygon --Tabor 03:44, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Polygon Given that you can find this on google, somone might search wikipedia for it. Klonimus 10:29, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Term is not appropriate for the concept described; material already exists elsewhere in Wikipedia. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 03:53, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, agree with TenOfAllTrades. — JIP | Talk 10:08, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete--MarSch 12:34, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or Redirect to polygon. Personally, really, I'd favour a full explication and working out of the conjecture itself - seemingly-simple questions such as "what is 1 + 1" and "how many degrees are in a circle" can be expanded to really interesting fields of math, but, as is, the article has nothing. It seems like it could be something interesting, but, until it is, it's less than nothing. 216.158.31.195 17:21, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, no redirect. But also, where would be the best place for actual mathematical proofs? Wikipedia, Wikisource or Wikibooks? the wub (talk) 17:33, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Polygon. "Polygon sum conjecture" is a misnomer, but it seems to be a misnomer with some currency. Someone who encountered this phrase might look it up in Wikipedia; it would be good if they found an article that explained that the "conjecture" is actually a long-established theorem. -- Dominus 20:03, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect if people actually use this. Those who do will be educated when they are redirected to the correct title. No Account
• Redirect seems to be school curriculum of some sort, a method of teaching elementary geometry: one forms a conjecture, and then one proves it. Horridly named; I urge all to participate in school discussions because nonsense like this is rampant throughout the American school system (dudn't know bout no furen skools, tho). linas 22:55, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, no redirect. Term does not have much currency (81 Google hits for "polygon sum conjecture" -wikipedia) and is a misuse of the word "conjecture". Eric119 23:16, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect, since it can never be more than a stub. ··gracefool |☺ 01:04, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• 'BTW, it's easily could be a conjecture in some geometry for which it is unknown if it's Euclidean.  Grue  12:59, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Usage is extremely rare and limited to a couple of texts. In this way any theorem may be called "conjecture". Indeed, there ase some theorems that for a long time knwn as conjectures, and usage of such kind of redirect would be justifiable. This is most clearly not the case. mikka (t) 15:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not a conjecture. The "conjecture" terminology is only used pedagogically in first few Google hits. A5 19:52, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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