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Table of bases

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This table of base conversions has been unsourced since its creation in 2003. Most of its bases are themselves non-notable and its digit systems for them unstandardized. Wikipedia is WP:NOT a repository for mathematical tables, which in general have become obsolete since the widespread availability of computers. Some entries in Category:Mathematical tables have prose and references; this one is pure calculation. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:14, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:15, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, it's fine information for a handbook but not an encyclopedia. Gumshoe2 (talk) 18:48, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I suppose that it would be possible to have an encyclopedia article about the topic of base-conversion tables. When historically were they introduced? When did people stop bothering to print them? But this is not that. XOR'easter (talk) 04:51, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There's absolutely no use for most of the bases, and anybody who uses one of the few useful ones can do the calculations easily enough. Who would ever need to count in base 5? Our future alien overlords? Clarityfiend (talk) 10:34, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It is useful to have a table so you do not have to do the calculations, if it is ever needed. Kayn bred 00:06, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See WP:ITSUSEFUL: All encyclopedic content should be useful to someone, but not all content useful to someone is encyclopedic. XOR'easter (talk) 00:51, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@XOR'easter as an aside, would a potential metric/rule of thumb on something like this is if Wolfram Alpha could generate it, at least for "purely factual calculations" i.e. not stats? (also take this as a delete vote) Akaibu (talk) 14:47, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Wikipedia:Five pillars: "Wikipedia combines many features of general and specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and gazetteers." Christian75 (talk) 06:24, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rebuttal. Which of those have a table like this? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Doczilla _{Ohhhhhh, no!} 07:48, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is not an encyclopedic table per all the arguments above (i note that the keep votes have not adressed the content of those), the potentially useful parts could be included in the articles about the corresponding numeral systems (which is likely already the case for most of them). jraimbau (talk) 10:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]