Talk:Examples of data mining

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Merge proposal

I propose merging Data mining in agriculture into Examples of data mining. I think the content in the former page can easily be incorporated into the latter, and that the context of this article suits such a merger well. Additionally, it would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in this article, as the one about agriculture could be written to be about the same size size as, for instance, the business section here (if not already roughly similar). Outcome0970 (talk) 12:53, 25 December 2024 (UTC) @Mike, the regular nose job, Sadads, Walsh90210, Cooldudeseven7, Elemimele, Lamona, Cyclopia, and 4meter4: Since all of you were involved in that article’s AfD, I feel this could be relevant to you. Outcome0970 (talk) 13:01, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well first of all this whole page was written by a person with conflict of interest . If it's relevant to " example " I think it's fine then . Mike, the regular nose job (talk) 13:32, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that a very tight, focused merge to that page would be appropriate -- with a review of the sources, to make sure you are bringing over the most relevant content, Sadads (talk) 21:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Although the article survived an AfD, there was a strong flavour that it was the subject that was notable (therefore keep) while the current article is wildly in need of improvement ("AfD is not cleanup" etc.). There were people who liked the examples, but there were others who didn't. I think these are a set of very indiscriminate examples. They are far more specific and niche than anything currently in the Examples of data mining article. That article is currently hanging on to its general-overview status by its fingernails, managing to keep to big themes, but with niche examples creeping in. It's really important to keep it as a general overview article. Contaminating it with low-selectivity merges from elsewhere would be a very bad idea.

My (strong) feeling is that it would be okay to put one sentence in Examples of data mining related to agriculture, referenced to a book or review article covering the subject in general. It would not be okay to put a series of individual examples referenced to primary literature (that goes against the structure of that article and would give undue weight to agriculture).

Meanwhile, it's perfectly justified to keep a stand-alone article on applications in agriculture, but really the current article, despite surviving AfD, remains a very unsatisfactory hotch-potch of examplets not representative of the subject. Elemimele (talk) 16:58, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per Mike, the regular nose job, Sadads, and nom. Looking at the fact of how both are related on data mining, I hence agree with your statement. Agriculture is an example of data mining in this scenario- but please check the sources before the merge as Mike, the regular nose job mentioned. Thanks! Cooldudeseven7 _{join in on the tea talk} 12:26, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]