Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon's favorite factoring trick


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The result was Delete. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-16 02:59Z 

Simon's favorite factoring trick

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My original stated reason for putting a prod on this page was "Articles on manipulative tricks and how-tos of this kind are inappropriate for Wikipedia. It also constitutes original research." User:Rich257 removed the tag, stating "Disagree with prod, this is reference and hence not OR. It is a mathematical method. It may not be notable however". This is simply wrong, as WP:NOR clearly explains that references must be reliable, and in this case the reference is just a discussion forum. --C S (Talk) 16:12, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, the trick does not appear notable. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I think WP:NFT describes this exactly. --Selket Talk 17:33, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete - this is nothing more than a simple extension of the FOIL Method (First, Inside, Outside, Last), as was taught by my 10th grade geometry teacher and virtually any other geometry teacher worth their salt, reattributed to some dickhead schmuck on a shitty self-promoting website. The naming is absolutely abhorrant, and the self-promoting history is vanity at its worst. Anyway, to summarize - this trick has been around for a while. I wouldn't support a deletion of the correctly named article - I'd rank it up there with ROY G. BIV, Thirty Days Hath September, and other educational folklore. But - but!! - to attribute it to some schmuck on an internet site is demeaning and degrading to the efforts of teachers everywhere. --Action Jackson IV 22:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Action Jackson IV. This is obviously FOIL. JuJube 02:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete attempt to make an article out of an offhand remark. --Trovatore 04:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's OR, and not very good OR at that. DavidCBryant 12:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. artofproblemsolving.com is a reputable maths teaching web site, but this article fails to meet WP:NOTABLE. Gandalf61 17:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Action Jackson IV. FOIL it is, even though I hadn't heard of it under that name, either.  &mdash; Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 17:36, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


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