Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Accounting method
The textbooks treat this as a different and important method. We should follow them. As for "how is it different": the potential method always has the same potential value when the data structure is in the same state. For the accounting method, the amount saved may vary depending on the history of how you reached that state, as long as it is enough to cover the cost of each operation. This could plausibly be a speedy keep, as the nomination statement amounts to |original research and an admission that the textbooks indeed state that they are different
— User:David, 20:42, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:OR (Wikipedia:No original research)