Wiki143:Articles for deletion/First 100000 digits of pi

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The result of the debate was: Speedied by Golbez --MikeJ9919 05:26, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

First 100000 digits of pi

I think we've been through this before: the first X digits of pi is source text, not an encyclopedia article, and belongs on Wikisource, not Wikipedia, where it can be rendered worthless by changing but one digit in this 100KB text dump. - Nunh-huh 21:30, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Source. JFW | T@lk 22:01, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, it's already in Wikisource. Replace with redir to PI. Radiant_* 22:19, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Pi. JYolkowski // talk 22:27, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Pure dreck. Mcfly85 22:41, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
• delete an arbitrary number of similar articles could be created. --TimPope 22:42, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
• delete only. Why redirect this? Nothing of note links it, and it's unlikely someone would search "first 100000 digits of pi" to find an article on pi. Brighterorange 22:43, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
• speedy delete. [1] this was deleted over a year ago. Reposting of deleted content can be speedy deleted R Calvete 23:25, 2005 May 11 (UTC)
• delete just one question...WHY?--Sensation002 23:46, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy --MikeJ9919 00:09, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Already in Wikisource as per Radiant Stancel 01:18, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy since it duplicates Wikisource. Question: is the Wikisource version locked? I agree with Nunh-huh that all you need is for some joker to go in there and change one digit and planes might start to fall out of the sky or somethin'. 23skidoo 04:09, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• Speedied. --Golbez 05:09, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • Also, 23skidoo, pi is only useful out to about 20 decimal places; I believe if you had a circle the size of the universe, to have a circle accurate to within atomic scales would require only 20 digits. Anything beyond that is academic fluff. --Golbez 05:10, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

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