Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Information content


 * 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 was   redirect to self-information. &mdash;Darkwind (talk) 03:18, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Information content

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I can't find anywhere where this is defined as such. Often it's used synonymously with self-information; see for example. I think this article is just confusing and unnecessary. Inverse Hypercube (talk) 09:33, 31 March 2013 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran ( t  •  c ) 01:33, 7 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to self-information. I ave been unable to find any references which equate information content with the semantics of a language. MacKay's book, referenced by the nom, is mainstream and uses that term as a synonym for self-information (or surprisal). IIRC, the Chomsky approach to linguistics uses information content in the same way. Given the evidence for the synonym in the reference, a redirect to self-information is reasonable. --Mark viking (talk) 02:00, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed with the redirect. Inverse Hypercube  (talk) 07:11, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
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