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The result was redirect to Kerosene. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:05, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keroselene[edit]

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I've found a dusty old stub. Keroselene does not appear to be noteworthy by any means, and could possibly be made up to some degree. Searching it shows the word was used to describe petroleum distillate in a smattering of instances in the late 1800's, and was poorly defined on what it was back then. The term has not really been used since. I suspect the term was abanonded once the chemistry of petroleum products were more well understood.

The article has existed as a stub for 13+ years and has a single citation from the 1800's. I wasn't able to find other sources that could expand upon it. As it is, because this term is at best poorly defined and not in use, this page should be deleted. --Tautomers_{(T C)} 18:29, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:03, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete about a half-dozen additional sources in GScholar, all from the 1800s. It appears to be an out-of-date term form a petroleum derivative, some sort of naphta. I don't see why we need an article for an obsolete term. Oaktree b (talk) 20:47, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
According to this 21st-century source this is just an old name for kerosene, so should be redirected. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:50, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.