Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Threshold effect

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Sandstein 21:30, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Threshold effect

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The existence of this article inhibits Search. There are 26 mentions of "threshold effect" in Enwiki, several not included on this page, and the use of Search is more likely to get the reader to where they want to be rather than landing on this page. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 15:34, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is a reason to improve the article, not to delete it, specially if it should actually be a disambiguation page. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:06, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 17:48, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I can't quite figure out what this should be, but I doubt it will work as a disambiguation. There are threshold effects in absolutely every branch of science, probably in every sub-sub-discipline; it's such a ubiquitous term that it will always have to be accompanied by a modifier. Unless one wants to go ahead and just add in the master list, this is pretty pointless. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 22:55, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - unnecessary dab; possibly redirect. Bearian (talk) 15:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Need a firm outcome of some description.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 04:04, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP - please see my thoughts on talk page as well as my substantial revisions to the page itself. This is so obviously a broad-concept. I hope the changes I started make that more apparent. Deleteopedia (talk) 08:37, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
delete. There might be something notable here, but currently this is an unreferenced stub that asks for a WP:TNT treatment. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
delete Per above Sungodtemple (talk) 13:41, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.