Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yank (physics)

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. howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 22:01, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yank (physics)

No substantive evidence to support its existence outside of pure anecdote from 1996. Not a legitimate Wiki entry. Budgiekiller 23:15, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Yank (dF/dt) and jerk (da/dt) are half-silly units, so it's difficult to find the usage attested in print. Apart from the page at UCR [1] there is one mailing list post here [2]. Pilatus 23:46, 14 December 2005 (UTC) Here is an abstract at arxiv [3], that should clinch it. Pilatus 00:05, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. I have seen these units in legitimate sources and in Physics classes that I have had in school. They are the most commonly used terms for those two quantities. The article admits that it is not an "official" term. I did however find an offical refernce to snap--Joe 23:55, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect? Well if it’s real and the author is not just yanking our chain, this should be redirected to Force, where it is already covered. •DanMS 02:12, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. The references given above are enough to motivate this entry. It does have a legitimate use Swamp Ig 06:06, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Yank equals mass times jerk! Jerk is definitely in use, yank less so but I have heard it before. I think the citations above are convincing. rodii 02:27, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Just because it's not universally accepted doesn't mean we can't have an article on it, especially given that it's cited. Kelly Martin (talk) 01:51, 18 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.