Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Comparison of common sorting algorithms

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The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 16:56, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Comparison of common sorting algorithms

This is original research... article is in pretty bad shape but it's not a speedy. Apparently not a cut and paste copyvio, though it does look like one at first glance. W.marsh 06:07, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - Wikipedia is not a how to. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 06:38, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. It's not a direct copy/paste copyvio... instead most of the content is copy/pasted in small chuks from the page referenced in the footnote, as well as from its subpages (listed at the bottom of the referenced page). Jamie ^{(talk/contribs)} 07:07, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Actually, it's relatively easy to produce a comparison of sorting algorithms that is not original research, given that this has been extensively discussed in the literature. (This article isn't really original research, moreover.) But there's no need for a new article. We already have such a comparison at Sorting algorithm#List_of_sorting_algorithms. Uncle G 08:46, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, plagiarized. Gazpacho 09:01, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. It could be good topic (unlike most of "comparison" pages) but current text is crap. Pavel Vozenilek 23:19, 18 December 2005 (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 article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.