Talk:André Lichnerowicz

Students beware
I created the original version of this article, but I am leaving the WP and am now abandoning this article to its fate.

Just wanted to provide notice that I am only responsible (in part) for the last version I edited.

I emphatically do not vouch for anything you might see in more recent versions!

Good luck in your search for information. ---CH 22:19, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Desastrous influence of French pupils level in math
Why is it forbidden to write: "They [Lichnérowicz recommandations] can unfortunately be seen as the cause of the formidable decline of level and capacities in math of French pupils and students."? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.113.70.197 (talk) 04:54, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

It is not "forbidden", but such a strong statement should be backed up by reliable sources. Besides this, even if it is properly sourced, I am not sure that the page on Lichnerowicz is the right place for the issue you propose (it should focus on what Lichnerowicz himself did, not the consequences). I think that the page New Math would be the most appropriate place to discuss it: now it focusses mostly on the US, but one could expand it by adding a section regarding France (e.g. by translating the corresponding section in the French wiki Francesco Cattafi (talk) 21:18, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Oh, well, I see that the chapel-spirit that already blows on French wikipedia (it is impossible to change a single comma in an article there without a pack of watchdogs shredding you to pieces) now affects English wikipedia too :-((( Rather than fight, I'll just quote an undisputable authority: http://www.ega-math.narod.ru/Arnold2.htm if anyone is really interested in math here.

This chapel-spirit, totally contrary to the tool built by Jim Wales -- I've stopped reading French wikipedia long ago --, is also unfortunately the beginning of the end of the usefulness of wikipedia.
 * Just to affirm as the person who made the revert, it was because the content added was completely unsourced, and also because it was an opinion, which goes against wikipedia's neutral point of view guideline. Thank you Melcous (talk) 04:07, 11 February 2022 (UTC)