Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anisotropic

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep (and swap page names). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:00, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Anisotropic
Like its sibling Isotropic, this article is a dicdef that's had various semi-related material added to it that should have gone in separate articles or Wiktionary entries. I've created a stub for Anisotropic liquid and the Wiktionary entry. The rest is some vague, hard-to-follow stuff on isotropy in computer graphics and cosmology. Hard to figure out how to break it out, and probably not worth saving anyway.

As with Isotropic, conversion to a dab page is not appropriate. Die you gravy sucking worm! Isaac R 04:01, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wiktionary. Someone please tell me, how many dictionary-type articles has the original author created? --JB Adder | Talk 05:29, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep scientific concept . If it's hard to follow, add cleanup-technical. CDs are an example of an anisotropic surface. Gazpacho 05:56, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Were you saying that the concept is that of an anisotropic surface? Or were you saying that the scientific concept is anisotropy?  An adjective by itself is rarely the title for a concept. Hence our naming conventions (adjectives). Uncle G 07:27, 2005 May 31 (UTC)
 * OK, Move the content to a conventional title and disambiguate. Gazpacho 20:11, 31 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete It belongs to dictionary. It might be recreated and merged with isotropic however. drini &#9742; 06:03, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, scientific concept. Kappa 07:25, 31 May 2005 (UTC) (P.S. possibly move to anisotropy) Kappa 07:37, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Important scientific concept in microscopy of muscle tissue. Klonimus 07:36, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Swap anisotropic and anisotropy. Uncle G 08:04, 2005 May 31 (UTC)
 * Keep. Perfectly good encyclopedia article. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 08:53, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Anisotropy and keep. Valid and important scientific and mathematical concept. Sjakkalle 09:24, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, valid scientific concept. Megan1967 11:00, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Encyclopedic topic. Current article might not be ready for featured status (irony; insert smiley here) but is accurate and useful as far as it goes. Not even a Cleanup candidate IMHO. Dpbsmith (talk) 12:46, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

the term is used in the field of ecology, in particular aeolian (wind) modelling to describe a tendency of groups of plants to be positioned in alignment with the predominant wind direction. Anisotropic positioning of plants, especially shrubs such as Honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), is seen in arid/semi-arid environments.User: allelopath
 * Keep. want to add this:


 * Delete. Not more than a bunch of examples, where anisotropic material properties play a role. The examples however are not related to each other in any other way. This article is more confusing than helpful. mgrueter 20:28, 03 June 2005 (CEST)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.