Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of all polyatomic ions

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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:17, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of all polyatomic ions

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virtually limitless list that would be impossible to create and maintain Smokefoot (talk) 01:02, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - WP:RAWDATA or WP:NOTTEXTBOOK seem to apply. Also, I guess we've been having this discussion since 2009 (see polyatomic ion talk page). originalmess^{how u doin that busta rhyme?} 01:57, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:11, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

not keep Since we already have List of ions, this list is redundant. This one has an unsuitable scope as it lists all ions, so will have no limit on size. Bluelinked content could be moved to List of ions. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:22, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have also nominated list of ions (virtually every protein, every nucleic acid, metal complex, ...)--Smokefoot (talk) 13:59, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Equally unmanageable, and woefully incomplete - the vast majority of biochemicals and the majority of drugs are also ions. Is there a policy WP:NOTSIGMACATALOG?. Then we have Ion#Common ions, which at least tries to limit the madness with the qualifier 'common', though vague and never defined - then again, amino acids and nucleic acids are themselves rather common. Agricolae (talk) 06:07, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per nom. Being ionic, and being polyatomic, are both characteristics of chemicals that are extraordinarily common, while the members have almost nothing in common - this would include everything from a hydroxyl group to heroin. Polyatomic ions would probably include the majority of all of our chemical pages, something like having a list of 'people with vowels in their names'. Agricolae (talk) 05:45, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. This is a textbook case of an unmaintainable list. shoy (reactions) 13:43, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - lists of run of the mill items are, axionomically, incorrect. Bearian (talk) 01:43, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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