Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transitivity of identity

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The result was redirect to Identity (philosophy). The target article defines an identity as transitive. There's not really anything else to merge. [[Identity (mathematics}]] is far less applicable, in this case. — Rebelguys2 ^talk 03:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transitivity of identity

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Redundant article that borders on dictionary definition - while the transitive property of identity is an important one, I am not convinced that it requires its own article, given that we have an article on Identity (philosophy) which mentions that identity is a Transitive relation. There is really nothing more to say about the topic, other than to give examples - which already exist on that page for transitive. I really don't see any way this can be expanded from what it is - a one-line mention in another article, padded out by examples that could be covered on a linked page. Haemo 10:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. The phrase gets 500ish hits on Google and from mainly educational sites. Seems like folks really use this phrase in proofs. --Hobit 16:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Comment of course people use the phrase in proofs! It's a basic property of identity. That doesn't make it any less redundant. People also use the phrase "symmetry of identity" or "reflexivity of identity" too. That doesn't mean they're in any way capable of producing an article that isn't redundant. --Haemo 23:52, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• At present a google search of wikipedia doesn't have the phrase anywhere where it is defined. Someone looking what the phrase means wouldn't be able to figure it out without the article. While a person "knowledgeable in the art" would know where to look, they'd also know what it is. So I stay with Keep. --Hobit 17:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• Merge and Redirect While the phrase may be notable, there is not enough new material for an article. It would be better served as a subsection of Identity (philosophy) or under the Maths subsection of Identity. Shimaspawn 16:52, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I listed this for deletion, and not merging, because there's really nothing there to merge in the first place. There's the definition, one good example (but there are already examples on Transitive relation) and one example which doesn't make sense. --Haemo 00:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment The problem with merge and redirect as an option is that the concept applies as much to Identity (mathematics) as it does to Identity (philosophy). I'm not sure how to resolve this. JulesH 17:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to Identity (philosophy), the math article doesn't fit it as well, I think. Smmurphy^(Talk) 07:20, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to Identity (philosophy) as a plausible search term. The other option I considered was redirecting to Transitive relation, but I think that anyone searching for "transitivity of identity" would like to have a look at the identity article first. Perhaps I'm wrong, but this seems plausible to me. -- Black Falcon 01:07, 13 March 2007 (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.