Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pernicious (disambiguation)


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The result was delete. --BDD (talk) 14:05, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Pernicious (disambiguation)

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Disambiguation page with no ambiguous topics listed, only partial title matches. Has previously been redirected to the only full title match, but it should just be deleted since the disambiguation is not required. Ivanvector (talk) 04:38, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. -War wizard90 (talk) 05:02, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as a useless dab. -War wizard90 (talk) 05:03, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Perniciously defenestrate per nom. The song's the only other legit entry, and I've added that to the hatnote in the main article. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:12, 7 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment this disambiguation page is involved in a redirects for discussion nomination, for that deletion event, see Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_March_3 -- 70.51.200.101 (talk) 05:11, 7 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment At RfD it is mentioned that pernicious number is referred to as just "pernicious" per -- 70.51.200.101 (talk) 05:13, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I thought that had been refuted. Does it ever make sense to refer to a pernicious, and have the reader know other than by context that it refers to a pernicious number? Can it be used as a noun, or is it an adjective that modifies the noun "number"? Would we keep a dab entry in that case? Without being followed by "number", the first example in the article reads "[t]he first pernicious is 3, since 3 = 112 and 1 + 1 = 2, which is a prime." Is that nonsense? As a counterexample, prime is a noun that refers to a kind of number; is pernicious? I think it is not but I had never heard of it before yesterday so I'm not sure. Ivanvector (talk) 14:26, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Same question could apply to pernicious anemia. The epidemiology section would read: "Pernicious is estimated to affect 0.1% of the general population and 1.9% of those over 60, accounting for 20-50% of B12 deficiency in adults.[ref in article]" Does that make sense? Ivanvector (talk) 14:29, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It's used in sentences like "even prime numbers are pernicious." Siuenti (talk) 23:52, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That's more in the way of an adjective than a noun, though. "Some cars are green" doesn't mean you'd say "I wrecked my green when I went through a red." Clarityfiend (talk) 08:34, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's an adjective, but people look up adjectives as well as nouns. Siuenti (talk) 11:36, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * A person typing "blue" into the search bar should not expect to find an article about blue cheese. If, however, there was a concept in cuisine called "blue" or "blueness" that was distinct from the colour blue and that was most directly relevant to the blue cheese article, those would be the only cases that including Blue cheese on Blue (disambiguation) would be appropriate. Unless there are valid sources that refer to "perniciouses" or "perniciousness" as a mathematical concept distinct from lethality, then Pernicious number is not a valid entry on this disambiguation page. Neelix (talk) 15:38, 9 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - There aren't enough valid entries to constitute a proper disambiguation page. A hatnote can easily cover the remainder. Neelix (talk) 15:38, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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