Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures


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The result was redirect to List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures per CHEAP and ATD. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:21, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

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Doesn't meet notability guidelines, Minecrafter0271 (talk) 23:04, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. Minecrafter0271 (talk) 23:04, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 23:17, 1 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. I'm not finding much other than that course materials will reference this and whatnot. It's difficult to judge notability for something like this, but when running similar sorts of searches about the OEIS, I immediately find much more, even profiles in major newspapers.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 23:21, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. The only place I've seen references to this is within other Wikipedia articles on the algorithms that it describes, so I don't think it ever really caught on in wider use. And there is nontrivial coverage of it at 10.1109/MITP.2014.20 and 10.6028/NIST.GCR.16-009 but neither is independent (one is by the editor of the dictionary and the other is published by NIST) so they don't count towards GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:03, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment The website is a very important resource for computer science, but the article about it doesn't say much. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:28, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures, where it is mentioned. This is a well-known dictionary, or I thought it was. But I have not found any in-depth independent reviews. It is included as a reference in various computer science course syllabi, but again no more than mentions. The article has many incoming links from algorithms articles, but that is not an indication of notability. It doesn't seem to satisfy GNG. An alternative to deletion may be to merge to List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures, where it is briefly discussed in the lead and used as the reference determining inclusion criteria for the list. Given the number of incoming links, this is a reasonable search term, so perhaps a redirect to where it is mentioned in context would be the best course for now. -- 19:47, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * This seems like a very reasonable suggestion. --JBL (talk) 13:45, 3 February 2020 (UTC)


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