Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multi-Prob Cut
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The result was merge to Computer Othello#Search techniques. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 19:59, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
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An article with very little meaningful content. Wholly unsourced since 2017 with no substantive added content beyond the author's first creation. Searches reveal some very eclectic blog and Wiki articles dealing with complex mathematics of game play. If there is value in the article title, it would still be better to blow this up and start again rather than try and rescue it. Fails WP:GNG Velella Velella Talk 02:25, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Velella Velella Talk 02:25, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. Velella Velella Talk 02:25, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- Merge to Computer_Othello#Search_techniques, where the algorithm would have better context. GScholar shows a citation count of 87[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Experiments+with+Multi-ProbCut+and+a+New+High-Quality+Evaluation+Function+for+Othello+&btnG=] for the primary paper that introduced this technique (added to the article), including research groups not connected with Buro. This isn't sufficient for GNG notability, but the algorithm is verifiable and shows modest impact. Othello is one game where this heuristic has seen the most application and impact, so merging to the article on computer Othello under search techniques seems like the best target. For verifiable material, merging to a reasonable target is preferred over deletion, per our policy WP:ATD. Hence, merge. --
{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk}04:01, 14 February 2020 (UTC) Update--added three more refs, all secondary and independent of Buro. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk}09:54, 14 February 2020 (UTC) - Merge as suggested above. XOR'easter (talk) 18:53, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- Merge to Alpha-beta pruning#Heuristic improvements, not relevant enough for a standalone article.--Staberinde (talk) 17:46, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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