Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Organic silica


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The result was delete.  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 16:04, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Organic silica

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The title "Organic silica" refers to either a nonexistent or a poorly-defined chemical entity, and this article is being used as a coatrack to hold a topic fork of the subject that is currently covered at Silicon. The current content is of a very low quality, and hasn't reached a good level despite hanging around for two and a half years.

In summary: the title is almost meaningless; the content is hardly relevant to the title; and the content is not of a high enough quality to warrant salvaging it. Slashme (talk) 20:44, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete We already have Silicon dioxide and Organosilicon. The 2007 source refers to the latter. Other than that it seems like a WP:OR WP:ESSAY. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 21:01, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete The content is so incoherent and badly ref'd as to be unusable. The first ref pointlessly cites a dictionary headword with no significance relevant to the text. The title is misleading and the article has no meaningful structure. I suppose one could write an article on a topic on these general lines if the material is not covered elsewhere, but the title should be changed, and since the content is not a helpful basis to start from either, that doesn't leave much to salvage.JonRichfield (talk) 05:02, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - I believe we have a content fork and this is currently better described in other, existing articles listed above. DeVerm (talk) 18:29, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Silicon dioxide per WP:CHEAP, since "organic silica" is a legitimate search term (though it is mostly a marketing term for cosmetic products). Trash the content, but the title can redirect. Tigraan Click here to contact me 10:51, 15 June 2016 (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.