Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Effects of cobalt from lithium ion batteries


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The result was merge to Cobalt poisoning.  MBisanz  talk 02:12, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Effects of cobalt from lithium ion batteries

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Explicitly stated goal of article is advocacy. Obvious school essay that tries to cover "everything about cobalt" (vs WP already having cobalt and various articles about chemicals containing it) and conflates all different types of cobalt (metal vs ion vs organic). There are actually only a handful of sentences about the article-title's topic, and many have no cite and are editor's own predictions. We even already have a Cobalt poisoning article, where any cited content about that aspect could be merged. And we have Lithium-ion_battery that is not large, and could easily host an added sentence or two. DMacks (talk) 11:47, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge As stated above, the article is a patchwork of information already existing on other articles (including Lithium-ion_battery, Cobalt, Cobalt poisoning, Lithium cobalt oxide). Any additional information that satisfies notability and verifiability should be added to these existing articles.
 * Article also seems to violate using Wikipedia as a advocacy tool, but this could be salvaged were it not for the other issues mentioned above (concerning notability, verifiability, and duplication).
 * A final note - although this comment should be taken with a grain of salt - this article reads like original research, which may be in conflict with WP:NOR. Although I might be wrong in this respect; however, I don't think this point needs more than a mention, given the existing issues I noted above. -- talk2Chun  (talk) (contributions) 12:41, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:10, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:10, 8 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Merge a small amount of content to Cobalt poisoning. Other content is well covered in Lithium-ion battery and Lithium cobalt oxide. I agree that this looks like original research, and most of the articles from the same LSU course have the same appearance. What it means is that only factual referenced material should be merged, and not any advocacy. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:18, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge a small part of the content as per above. This appears to be part of a series of school project articles of higher than usual standards but rather unsuitable scope (see discussion here ). Gentle dismantling seems indicated.-- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 12:56, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


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