- 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 merge to Soot. Seraphimblade Talk to me 01:52, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Sheer unbased OR. A posting at WP:ANI suggests that this account has been compromised by a vandal.
As to the content here, then carbon buildup is a significant issue for petrol engines. It's also a separate problem for diesel engines, leading to sticking rings. However the (unsourced, naturally) claim here is about diesel engines and black exhaust smoke. Yet diesel exhaust smoke is almost entirely an issue of the injection pumps (esp. Fords) and the injectors and _not_ a problem caused by "carbon buildup". Andy Dingley (talk) 22:44, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The article, as written, defines the subject far too narrowly - carbon buildup could refer to a build-up of carbon in anything, from a coal plant to a pencil factory. This stub focusses solely on internal combustion diesel engines, and with only two sentences it's scarcely more than an incomplete dictionary definition. GirthSummit (blether) 23:08, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- (Striking delete vote, see comment below)
- Comment This is a weird AfD. The nominator is the one who (falsely) suspects my account was compromised and posted the accusation to ANI. The suspicion is solely based on the fact that I recently nominated a couple of copyright violations for speedy deletion (all by the same user) and AfD'd a couple others that seemed excessively detailed violations of WP:INDISCRIMINATE. It looks like the deletions angered the nominator [1]. I don't really care about Carbon buildup, but it was an attempt to salvage a topic that the other voters in Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Diesel_engine_problems said was probably notable. It's a two sentence stub. I personally don't care about it, but this whole thing feels weird. - GretLomborg (talk) 23:16, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as the article author, I don't care if this is deleted. - GretLomborg (talk) 23:33, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Are you sure? If so Speedy Delete G7 may apply. You are the only editor who made substantial contributions to this article.--94rain Talk 03:51, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Let me think about that. I don't think this AfD has the right motives, but I get the feeling that the best thing might be to end whatever happened here as quickly as possible. - GretLomborg (talk) 05:03, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge I think the merge proposal below is a good one. - GretLomborg (talk) 14:38, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. 94rain Talk 03:47, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge You're right - merging the content/sources into another article would be better than deleting entirely. Soot would work, or alternatively Diesel engine? GirthSummit (blether) 08:51, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- The merge to the diesel engine would not help the fouled spark plugs on the petrol engine.Djm-leighpark (talk) 19:45, 20 May 2019 (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.