Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sorption isotherm

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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 was keep. If someone wants to merge and redirect later, great. - Bobet 17:04, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorption isotherm

The information given is wrong. If someone speaks German you could translate my German article http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorptionsisotherme as a replacement. Rosentod (Ger) 13:53, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

If the information is wrong, then just change so it is right. It seems like you speak enough English to at least be able to create a sentence or two about it. Recury 14:06, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but there is enough to do in the German wiki. I'm already busy there. --Rosentod (Ger) 14:08, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Speedy Close. Nonetheless, AfD is not cleanup. Go ask at Wikipedia:German-English_translation_requests. ColourBurst 17:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Done. But I'm still favouring deletion of this stub. Rosentod (Ger) 08:51, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Mailer Diablo 16:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Not sure how to vote. If it's incorrect as Rosentod stated, then keep and clean up. If not, then transwiki to Wiktionary unless we can come up with more content. --Dennisthe2 18:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Have rewritten it to contain a basic stub of the true subject matter. Needs a reference though as I did it from memory. Localzuk(talk) 19:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. As ColourBurst said, articles should not be deleted if they can be improved. A short stub is better than nothing. // habj 22:41, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as long as someone will vouch for Localzuk's rewrite into a stub. This sort of thing is way outside my purview. --Aaron 22:54, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Sorption, which has its own stub and could use the help. I am not convinced this concept, standing alone, is significant enough for its own article. --MCB 23:18, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment, As rewritten by User:Localzuk on 1-October. I believe the article is getting close to being technically correct. He writes:
Sorption isotherm is the graphical depiction of the sorption behviour of a chemical entity which depicts the link between the water content of the substance and the humidity of the air at a particular temperature.
However 'sorption isotherm' is used generally for any adsorbed or absorbed material, not just water. When writing the definition one should not restrict it to sorption of water. I think Localzuk's version would need one further iteration to make this clear. I also looked at the German version. It does use general language, to include materials other than water. But, while it is informative, it has no graphs and no fully-specified references, so I don't think that a pure translation would make the best possible article.
I don't favor the idea of redirecting this to Sorption because the latter is very short and vague. Also, one day, someone will have the patience to make a nice graph of a sorption isotherm, which will make Sorption isotherm worthwhile in its own right. EdJohnston 23:45, 1 October 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.