Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Integers

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: Delete. — xaosflux  Talk 15:16, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Integers


Another automated portal, with the subtopics field COMPLETELY inappropriate. Only two images. Sort key in Category:Integers should start with &pi; per general sort key conventions. Although it's possible a non-automated Portal could be constructed here, I think WP:TNT applies. If someone at WikiProject Mathematics or WikiProject Numbers who believes that Portals are constructed would adopt it, it might be a good idea. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 07:35, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete just look at the subtopics starting after 300 - 95% are redirects --DannyS712 (talk) 07:53, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, a portal for the numbers 0-999 isn't a particularly good choice. Mathematical content overlaps with Portal:Number theory, whose replacement by something automatic also doesn't seem to have been an improvement. —Kusma (t·c) 08:32, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - A portal isn't a useful way to present or organize knowledge here, but the real issue is whether there needs to be some grand way to organize and present knowledge. The proponent of these portals seems to think so, and seems to think that it is evident, but also seems to think that they need hundreds or thousands, either for testing purposes, or as proof of concept, or something.  Robert McClenon (talk) 18:06, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete another example of why these automated portals (or any portals) are a bad idea. Legacypac (talk) 21:30, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: not a useful portal topic as integers are just mathematical objects, when instead useful portal subjects are fields of mathematics (which is why we have e.g. Portal:Number theory). — Bilorv (he/him) (talk) 01:11, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete not a useful portal: a definition of an integer, two images, and a load of article summaries which usually start with "X is the number following X - 1 and followed by X + 1". The mathematical properties of integers fall within the scope of Portal:Number theory, which has a much stronger claim to legitimacy as it's a major subdivision of mathematics.  Hut 8.5  20:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yet more pointless, autogerated portalspam.  When I viewed the page it says "Selected general articles: 500 (five hundred) is the natural number following 499 and preceding 501. Read more.."
 * I could barely contain my excitement.
 * This is as useless and timewasting as the stuff in my email spambox. The navbox Integers is a vastly more useful tool for navigation, because it lists a wide range of integers, an it does so on the same page as the article. By contrast, the portal requires navigation to a different page, where it displays only one article at a time.
 * Luckily, pageviews shows that in January 2019, only 18 readers wasted their time visiting this pointless pseudo-Portal. But that's 18 readers too many whose time was wasted. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:18, 16 March 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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.