Deletion of Information-theoretic death (2nd nomination)

Comment: the sources are bad, and are an attempt to create notability where there isn't really any. In particular speculative single papers do not pass  - the term isn't quite "coatrack", but it is an attempt to refbomb with bad sourcing
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:MEDRS)

Comment: See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Information-theoretic_death Articles for Deletion/Information-theoretic death.  The https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Information-theoretic_death&oldid=879948325 attempt to gut the article and remove all the sources and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Information-theoretic_death&oldid=879955496 here is an attempt to preempt this discussion; and thereby thwart onsensus.  It is a Self-fulfilling prophecy.  ''He is doing by indirection that which he cannot do by direction
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Copyrights (WP:C)

Comment: This is not a dictionary definition – see , which explains the difference between a short article and a dictionary entry which focusses on a particular word – its etymology, grammar, spelling, &c.  Moreover, the definition of :category:death|death is not as simple as the nomination suggests.  See brain death which goes into detail about this, distinguishing between death of the brainstem and the cerebrum, for example.  The topic by this title gets a reasonable level of hits on Google Scholar and so seems notable enough for our purpose.  Note also that similar issues arise with computers and so we have pages such as data erasure.  Note also that deletion on Wikipedia doesn't actually mean loss of the data – the information is just restricted to admins who can readily make it available again.  Note also that, when people die, their online existence and data is increasingly preserved.  For example, Wikipedia accounts and user pages are normally kept when an editor dies – see digital afterlife.  So, given all these angles and considerations, we should prefer |alternatives to deletion per our policy 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:DICDEF||WP:ATD||WP:PRESERVE)