Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parent chain


 * 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 IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry(non admin closer). Tiptoety (talk) 23:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Parent chain

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3 year old article contains only dictionary definition, per WP:NOT Rtphokie (talk) 13:51, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete changed to Neutral, as the Hydrocarbon article mentions chains only once. There isn't anywhere to merge this short reference. Also, no sources. ZZ Claims~ Evidence 14:42, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, albeit weakly. Google Scholar lists 694 results, most of which appear to be relevant.  This may have grounds for expansion, and a simple redirect to hydrocarbon may not be what is wanted here; the links appear to discuss proteins as often as they do hydrocarbons, and I suspect the concepts may be similar, but not identical.  I would cheerfully defer to the opinions of adepts in organic chemistry. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment You're probably right. My expertise in chemistry is limited to making mixed drinks, so I'm no help. I mentioned the article at Wikiproject:Chemistry, so maybe we can get some expert insight on how to expand the article. I agree, though, that it's probably worth expanding - thus, count me as neutral for now. ZZ Claims~ Evidence 15:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect, changed opinion, to IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry, which seems to be the article on chief on the subject, with thanks to Itub, who brought the adeptitude needed to figure out what to do with this. That article speaks of "parent hydrocarbons" which is apparently a reference to the same subject. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 20:01, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Speedy redirect to IUPAC nomenclature as parent chain is quite a major concept there. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 15:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as its own article until merged elsewhere, or leave as is if no single article should be a redirect target. --- RockMFR 15:52, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect. It's an important term in IUPAC nomenclature, but I don't think there's much to say about it on its own other than in the context of IUPAC nomenclature. DMacks (talk) 15:59, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to IUPAC nomenclature per the other wikichemists.  --Ed (Edgar181) 16:20, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Transwiki. Redirect it to IUPAC nomenclature, and maybe see if we can add this to Wiktionary. ViperSnake151 16:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry, not to IUPAC nomenclature, as only the organic nomenclature article discusses parent chains. FWIW, I checked the IUPAC books, and they don't call this the parent chain, but the principal chain. Some textbooks do use parent chain, and yet others use main chain or longest chain. But in any case I see no point in having an article about this concept. --Itub (talk) 16:24, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Itub. shoy  (words words) 20:43, 26 November 2007 (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.