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This article should not be speedy deleted as a foreign language article that exists on another Wikimedia project, because it is in English. -- r.e.b. ( talk) 20:49, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
I turned the page into a redirect to Arithmetic#History since the article had several severe issues. Except for the image caption of the Ishango bone, it did not cite any sources. It contained false claims, for example, arithmetic was not first developed in Islamic countries since it existed well before Islam, and several claims were likely WP:OR. Another issue is that the scope of the article was very limited. The redirect target gives a better and more comprehensive treatment of the subject. Some of these problems are also discussed at Talk:Arithmetic/GA2, thanks to Dedhert.Jr for pointing this out. The subject "History of arithmetic" is notable so it would be great if someone could turn this into a proper article again that avoids all the mentioned issues. Phlsph7 ( talk) 09:13, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
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![]() | This redirect contains a translation of История арифметики from ru.wikipedia. |
This article should not be speedy deleted as a foreign language article that exists on another Wikimedia project, because it is in English. -- r.e.b. ( talk) 20:49, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
I turned the page into a redirect to Arithmetic#History since the article had several severe issues. Except for the image caption of the Ishango bone, it did not cite any sources. It contained false claims, for example, arithmetic was not first developed in Islamic countries since it existed well before Islam, and several claims were likely WP:OR. Another issue is that the scope of the article was very limited. The redirect target gives a better and more comprehensive treatment of the subject. Some of these problems are also discussed at Talk:Arithmetic/GA2, thanks to Dedhert.Jr for pointing this out. The subject "History of arithmetic" is notable so it would be great if someone could turn this into a proper article again that avoids all the mentioned issues. Phlsph7 ( talk) 09:13, 7 March 2024 (UTC)