Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2^43112609 − 1


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The result was   merge to Largest known prime number. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:22, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

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How is this number special?? It is most likely special for being the largest known prime, but this might become out-of-date in a year or so from now. Georgia guy (talk) 19:36, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
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 * Comment: Perhaps the fact that it won someone $100,000 is a reason to consider it noteworthy. Michael Hardy (talk) 23:21, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Is this the record event among all events that have ever happened with respect to how much money someone won?? Georgia guy (talk) 23:23, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * No, since the million-dollar prize for the Poincaré conjecture is bigger. But I understand Perelman refused to accept that, so maybe this one is the biggest.  It's certainly a rare event. Michael Hardy (talk) 00:51, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * But a bevaprime (see the megaprime article for what this means) will give an even bigger prize. Georgia guy (talk) 01:07, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic seems notable and, in any case, there are better alteratives than deletion such as merger with largest known prime number or Mersenne prime.Warden (talk) 23:53, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. How is it more notable than other large Mersenne primes?? Georgia guy (talk) 23:56, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Because it's the largest? Jenks24 (talk) 00:04, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * But in a year or so from now, this probably won't be true any more. Georgia guy (talk) 00:05, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Largest known prime or possibly Mersenne prime but don't keep own article. It got some news stories but much less than a huge number of sports records and they nearly never get an article but only mention in other articles like record collections and biographies. We shouldn't make an article each time some record is broken, and I say that as someone who is very interested in prime records and have a website about it.  Notability (numbers) asks for three unrelated properties. This has one (primality) and everything else is a consequence of that. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:20, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Largest known prime number, which already covers it (as, er, it's the largest known prime number), is far from being too long and is a far better place for readers to read about it in context.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 02:49, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge into Largest known prime number or Mersenne prime. Although I am the creator of this article, I agree that it shouldn't be a separate article. As PrimeHunter says, this number has no notable properties apart from currently being the largest known prime number and being a Mersenne prime. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 18:36, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment It shows up early in a Vi Hart math doodling video: Doodling in Math: Sick Number Games. Pretty popular stuff in some circles. Merge is best.  Jd2718 (talk) 23:31, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If this is not kept, then it should get merged into both Largest known prime number and Mersenne prime. Michael Hardy (talk) 19:57, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect into Largest known prime number and Mersenne prime per WP:NUMBER; the number alone is not notable but the Mersenne primes are.  HurricaneFan 25  01:07, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect somewhere, anywhere. Stuartyeates (talk) 22:52, 2 December 2011 (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.