Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strength of glass


 * 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   Speedy deleted G12 as a copyvio, NAC. Umbralcorax (talk) 20:28, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Strength of glass

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copyright violation; unlinked, loquacious, absurdly overcharged with references nobody can check in reasonable time, part of User:Logger9's private article empire Paula Pilcher (talk) 17:29, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

For the copyright violations, see e.g. http://www.globalspec.com/reference/39540/203279/Chapter-24-Mechanical-Strength-and-Reliability-of-Glass-Fibers and http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15264137.

For the context, see "what links here": only other borderline articles used by User:Logger9 as his almost private playground. -- Paula Pilcher (talk) 17:31, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment There are some problems here beyond the issue of the copyright status of the text in this article. I see two self proclaimed experts in a highly technical field in prolonged edit wars in glass articles, followed by this nomination full of sniping and personal attack. Someone seeking anonymity but proclaiming they are a college professor like Logger9, or otherwise an expert like the apparently pseudonymous "Paula Pilcher" and relying on the authority of that claim to empower their decisions smacks of the Essjay fiasco. Paula Pilcher, please be civil and avoid personal attacks in the future. Discuss the article and not the perceived failings of the editor. Please do not delete all comments on your talk page, as you did, requiring that all discussions be on article talk pages.  As for the topic "Strength of glass" it appears to be an important and notable subject,since a Google book search for "strength of materials' glass yields much scholarly coverage for over a hundred years .  If the specific phrasing of this article is a copyright violation, we should probably have a different article covering the same subject, or this one could be stubbed. We definitely do not delete an article because it has so many references it would be bothersome and time consuming to check them. If an article is "loquacious and unlinked" that is an editing problem and not grounds for deletion.   Edison (talk) 18:42, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


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