Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ammonia nitrogen

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The result of the debate was delete but without prejudice against re-creation of an article at this title but with the correct content. The current content does nothing to help future editors to create the desired article. It is my conclusion that Wikipedia will be off with a redlink than the current mis-information. Rossami (talk) 01:30, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Ammonia nitrogen

One-line article with little edit history. As far as I am aware, the chemical compound discussed does not exist, and nothing in the article convinces me otherwise. Of no interest. Physchim62 17:28, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, google results indicate a real and interesting compound. Kappa 19:18, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Aforementioned google results, aside from wikipedia mirrors, show the phrase "ammonia nitrogen" for measurements where it appears to mean "that portion of nitrogen which is present in the form of ammonia", not a unique compound. (Example here; Compare: "organic nitrogen", "nitrate nitrogen", "nitrite nitrogen", "oxidized nitrogen"). The closest things found in CAS and NIST searches is a Hydrazinyl radical.
• Delete. To the best of my knowlege, the compound does not and can not exist. --Carnildo 20:17, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment I havent heard of the compound "ammonia nitrogen". My guess is that the name was a slip up - It should be "ammonia in nitrogen", not ammonia nitrogen, see for example [1], which lists the same formula in the article. Megan1967 02:32, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, ammonia is a nitorgen containing compound, thats already covered at ammonia, N2H3 is a radical hydrazine, but its not called ammonia nitrogen --nixie 02:43, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Ammonia Nitrogen is a name for water/wastewater test for Nitrogen in one of the forms it appears in water. The place for information might be articles related to water pollution. There are separate articles for Total Suspended Solids and Biochemical Oxygen Demand, the two most common tests quantifying water pollution. The existing article does not cover this at all and would require being written. --WCFrancis 20:36, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Bad chemistry. Quale 04:54, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

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