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I think this should probably end up being dropped altogether, with a link to the selection problem page. The only content is an algorithm that isn't optimal, and as far as I know this isn't some canonical "median algorithm". -- 99.39.111.144 ( talk) 23:11, 25 October 2009 (UTC) reply

I ended up redirecting to selection algorithm, since the same algorithm (quickselect) is described better there. — David Eppstein ( talk) 06:42, 27 October 2009 (UTC) reply