Talk:Calculator Tricks

Original Calculator Tricks and my rationale for deletion

Here is the original page contents (for ease of finding it) and my rationale notes for the AfD inline. I will skip the obvious formatting issues and such in this part of the discussion and solely focus on the content.

Calculator Tricks

0.7734 Look at it upside-down.

This is already covered on it's own page (in detail) at Calculator spelling, which is what I believe prompted the suggestions for the redirect

Take any three-digit number.eg.189. Multiply it by 7. (assuming multiply) its answer into(by) 11. (assuming multiply) its answer into(by) 13. Ans.eg.189189. Thank You ,Folks...............

This is not a calculator trick, and is simply a math "trick" not suited for it's own page. I seem to recall there being a term for such things (but am no longer sufficiently versed in math to remember it). I suspect that such things may be suitable examples for the Base 10 numbers page or (if it exists) the page specific to the particular mathematical term describing such math "tricks" - meaning in all probability, that section is already covered someplace on Wikipedia as well. Regardless, as standalone trivia, it's (the one example that would remain) unsuitable (in my opinion) for having it's own article. It does go towards explaining the "mystery" behind a lot of emails that get forwarded to me by my friends though.

I am fine with the redirect - or with a delete as originally proposed by me, and am happy with whatever consensus is arrived at.

RobertMfromLI | User Talk 21:44, 12 August 2010 (UTC)