On May 5, 2006, at 5:45 AM, Molu wrote:
I've opened an AfD at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Proof_that_0.999..._equals_1
because the article is unenclopedic. WIkipedia is not an
indiscriminate collection of facts, which means that it is not a
repository for proofs of arbitrary mathematical nuggets. Shall I
proceed to publish Prof that 1+1 = 2. Bertrand Russel proved it in
260 pages, but it could be shortened. If this is deleted it will
also open up the avenue to delete many other proof articles. It's a
shame that we fall over ourselves deleting biogaphies of
proffessors and sportspersons while content like this is allowed to
stay on.
Good job. You've disrupted Wikipedia to make a point.
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Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch