Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theorem 1


 * 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 of the debate was delete. -lethe talk [ +] 02:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Theorem 1

 * Delete. In my view this is a trivial fact with an improper name. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't even think this is a theorem, much less the first one. "All right angles are congruent" is the fourth postulate in Euclidean geometry. --Metropolitan90 04:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is almost as bad as giving 1×1 its own article. Kimchi.sg | talk 04:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Shouldn't this nonsense be speedily deleted? --CSTAR 04:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: This does not satisfy speedy deletion criteria &mdash; it has sufficient context, and "one right angle is congruent with another" is hardly patent nonsense. Kimchi.sg | talk 04:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The title made me think that somehow this theorem has an important role in Euclid's Elements, or is at least its first theorem, in which case I might have at least entertained arguments to keep a redirect to an article with a better name. However, I note that this is postulate 4 of book 1 of Euclid's elements, and not a theorem at all.  I would like to know what list Randomaccount990 says this theorem is on (RS mentions in an edit summary "there is a list... and this is #1"), but I doubt it would change my vote.  Delete. -lethe talk [ +] 04:14, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's probably the first theorem on a list his high school geometry teacher passed out. Nothing wrong with that, but not encyclopedic. --Trovatore 04:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Euclid is spinning congruently in his grave. Fagstein 05:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! 08:25, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete The El Reyko 09:35, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Elroch 10:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Ter e nce Ong 12:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Aargh! Was never good at math. But, this is an improper name. Delete ;) -- Andy123  (talk) 12:40, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --KSmrqT 14:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are theorems that have names like Hilbert's theorem 90, but this is not the same as stating "Theorem 90".  Besides, there are plenty of well-regarded and known textbooks (e.g. Dummit and Foote's algebra text) that refer to this theorem of Hilbert that way.  I would need to see similar evidence of the notability of this name "Theorem 1" for this fact.  I suspect, as Trovatore has stated, that this is the first item on a list a hs teacher has passed out.  --C S (Talk) 17:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. (Unless it's revised to say that the first theorem in every book is called "Theorem 1"??  But skip this silly parenthetical comment.) Michael Hardy 22:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Even with that revision, the problem remains that not every first theorem in books is called "Theorem 1". Oops, I guess I wasn't supposed to respond to that :-)  --C S (Talk) 22:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Improper name, and this is one of Euclid's postulates, not a theorem. Wstaffor 23:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete (I'd have thunked that Theorem 1 was that if you have one point, then they are all congruent. Then Theorem 2 for two points.) Lambiam Talk 01:21, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep You know... I think I'm being outnumbered on this. And I know Euclid would be proud... (that man loves his theorems). User:Randomaccount990 April 19th.
 * Question. Why did you call this theorem 1 -- or rather on what list is it the first theorem? The name is puzzling (there are lots of theorem 1s in mathematics articles and book, sometimes even within the same book) and seems nonsensical in the context of WP.--CSTAR 17:11, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete (or merge with Theorem 1&frac12;) Dmharvey 03:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete (or merge with Lemma 0). linas 05:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. &mdash;-- That Guy, From That Show!  (esperanza) 2006-04-20 07:40 


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