Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Partial


 * 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 no consensus to delete, after extended time for discussion. BD2412 T 03:20, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Partial

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All the entries on this disambiguation page are WP:Partial title matches (none are known solely as "Partial") and the existence of this page impedes the Search function for other matches. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:38, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 09:58, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 13:18, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 13:18, 7 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep after trimming/adjusting. It seems that at least 3 of the entries can reasonably either be titled partial or refer to a topic in an article which is referred to simply as a "partial": Partial derivative (when spoken, it is often simply referred to as "the partial of $f$ with respect to $x$", for example); "Part score", which is piped to  links to a glossary as a short term for "partial score"; and "Partial wave", although that's piped to .  I didn't check all the others, but there might be a few more as well.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 13:51, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note that as of now, only one of those cases (partial score) has a mention in the appropriate article. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 14:26, 15 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. Even given the above cleanup and keep comment, this still doesn't satisfy WP:PARTIAL's guidance (irony indeed) on DABs. From that guideline A disambiguation page is not a search index. Do not add a link that merely contains part of the page title, or a link that includes the page title in a longer proper name, where there is no significant risk of confusion between them. These are just shortened versions of the proper names, and if someone really is just using the term partial when talking about say a partial derivative (I haven't seen that in my scientific tenure), that would be in WP:JARGON shorthand territory. In this case in terms of search engine function, it's better to remove this page and let the engine do its job by filling in potential search terms as the user enters the following part of the phrase they are looking for. Kingofaces43 (talk) 17:21, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Just a followup note that as of the comments of Nov 19, this is still a very strong delete based in WP:PARTIAL, which the current keep votes are in direct contradiction with. This isn't what we have DABs for. Kingofaces43 (talk) 16:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per Kingofaces43. This is just an adjective. Agricolae (talk) 22:54, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
 * This is objectively false. See for example partial, which lists no less than five separate definitions for "partial" as a noun. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 22:59, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
 * And they are all just adjectives being used as jargon - a partial fingerprint, a partial derivative, a partial denture, etc. Agricolae (talk) 23:08, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
 * In retrospect this may not have clearly expressed my position. What I am saying is that these 'noun usages' are used between two people inside a jargon- or context-bubble, with the shared understanding that when talking about foo, a 'partial' is a partial foo, but are not used where one would expect a naive listener outside the bubble to know which foo partial is referring to.  When talking to such naifs, the speaker would use the term in full with partial as an adjective. That is why I think 'noun usages' are jargonistic and not general usage. I don't think it is useful to detail all of the different settings in which a partial foo might just be referred to as a 'partial'. Agricolae (talk) 19:34, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Indeed. This is practically the definition of what we shouldn't be making an article for under that guideline. Kingofaces43 (talk) 13:55, 14 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Question. Remind me, why is "partial x" not okay but "x partial" is? Hyacinth (talk) 02:32, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note. WP:PARTIAL does not mention jargon. Presumably it should mention what it disallows. Hyacinth (talk) 02:39, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * More like the other way around. No guideline is going to list every thing it disallows, otherwise it'd just be wikilawyering. Jargon is already considered unecyclopedic across the project, so there's no need to mention it in every single guideline. Kingofaces43 (talk) 13:55, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep per Deacon Vorbis. It's a reasonable and viable DAB.4meter4 (talk) 19:29, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 04:24, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep After cleanup, the list includes multiple items which could be referred to as "partial" or "a partial" with no further signifier, which is the reason we have DAB's. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 01:00, 19 November 2019 (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.