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The result was delete. (WP:SNOW) -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:34, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dominant group (petrology) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Another Dominantgroupcruft WP:SYNTH violation, none of the sources join Dominant group and the topic together. Cerejota (talk) 04:56, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. —202.124.73.100 (talk) 05:25, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as WP:OR by WP:SYNTH. Searching does not suggest this combination of terms is a notable topic. -- 202.124.73.100 (talk) 05:26, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete the whole lot of them as OSYN. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:20, 4 September 2011 (UTC).[reply]
• Delete. This is not a topic, it's someone using a search engine to find the phrase "dominant group" and tossing a lot of unrelated stuff into an article. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 06:26, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete None of the examples given are anything more than descriptions of groups that are dominant, with no other special meaning. Mikenorton (talk) 08:20, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per all the above. Vsmith (talk) 12:55, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per all above. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:33, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Incoherent OR. Sławomir Biały (talk) 20:30, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. WP:OR, WP:SYNTH —hike395 (talk) 20:50, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. WP:SNOW. OR. Glrx (talk) 22:45, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - this is not a concept in petrology; it's just a use of the English language. LadyofShalott 04:26, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Disparate concepts stuck together with library paste. No topic here. Binksternet (talk) 23:11, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per AN/I thread, created for strange 'research' project Jebus989^✰ 14:54, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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