Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Algebra I

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was - kept, no consensus, a couple different proposed merge targets, and the page has been wholly rewritten since it was nominated. - SimonP 14:27, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Algebra I

See also Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Algebra II

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• Delete Nonsense. Or redirect to Algebra. Stancel 23:21, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• Just delete, redirect not needed. Orange Goblin 23:23, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment I see someone has edited out the nonsense, still we don't need an article on Algebra I. Stancel 23:24, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I wonder why the VfD notice was removed from this article. Oleg Alexandrov 23:59, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
• delete (for obvious reasons...) --R.Koot 00:14, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. -Sholtar | talk 00:35, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to algebra. -- BD2412 ^talk 00:37, 2005 May 30 (UTC)
• Delete. No need for a redirect. Paul August ☎ 01:06, May 30, 2005 (UTC) Keep. I've changed my mind. I can now see some merit for keeping this article, perhaps as a redirect, if so then probably to mathematics education as Uncle G suggests below (redirecting to elementary algebra is also a possibility and might be better than algebra). This will mean that other analogous articles (e.g. "calculus I", calculus II, calculus III) would also be desirable. Paul August ☎ 15:18, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
  • Why not? If this were just one person's way of structuring the teaching of algebra, I would agree. But it isn't. This is the name of a set of education standards used by governments, such as the California State Board of Education. algebra is not the best target for the redirect, since that's mainly about algebra itself, rather than about the teaching of algebra. mathematics education would be better. Uncle G 01:51, 2005 May 30 (UTC)
• Delete Xcali 06:25, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Every country has different course standards. No doubt this is country specific without giving context. Since people typing such a thing aren't looking for Algebra a redirect to mathematics education seems best. Mgm|^(talk) 07:02, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Algebra, tho it might need a new section on "Algebra in education" detailing popular divisions between levels. Nateji77 09:44, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
  • That would be better done by expanding the "Levels" section of mathematics education, I think. Uncle G 03:43, 2005 May 31 (UTC)
• Keep or merge into mathematical education. If this is a course taken by many hundreds of thousands of students and outlined in official curricula I'm sure a decent article could be created. - SimonP 21:24, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment I've expanded this article, to suggest how it might develop. Paul August ☎ 17:21, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
  • I thought Algebra I was the first algebra course undergraduates take, rather than a high school course (or mabye Calculus I was the first undergrad course in calculus). I am not sure. Oleg Alexandrov 20:01, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Algebra Vegaswikian 01:55, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into and redirect to mathematical education. No way should this redirect to Algebra. The Precalculus article should probably also be merged into 'mathematical education'. -R. S. Shaw 21:23, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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