Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cathleen Synge Morawetz

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 14:54, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Is this a case of vanity or notability? Does once holding the title of president of the American Mathematical Society make all the difference? 113 unique google hits (see page 12). GRider\talk 00:23, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * keep yes, you don't get that title without already being a notable mathematician (note the National Medal of Science) but, the title is sufficiently notable in itself.  i think many of your recent nominations are very poor candidates for vfd, GRider. Wolfman 00:28, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * You are most certainly entitled to your own opinions so long as they're not veiled personal attacks. Please specify which nominations you found poor -- if I agree with you they will be withdrawn.  GRider\talk 00:33, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * there was nothing at all personal about my comment above. go read it again.  the only thing thin around here is your skin.  i think for example that Carol Alt, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Dorothy Tillman, Tod Maffin are all poor vfd candidates; some of your other nominations are fine. Wolfman 00:45, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I have recategorized several hundred articles in the past 72 hours. As a result, several dozen of a questionable nature have been posted to VfD for discussion.  In hindsight it does appear that Carol Alt should be de-listed from VfD even though the article is in dire need of improvement in order to prevent a future relisting; it is premature to cast judgement on the other three you mention and I firmly stand behind all my other nominations.  GRider\talk 00:54, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * thank you for your hard work. it was not my intent to insult.  having voted keep on 3 of your nominations in a row seemed a bit unusual, that's all. Wolfman 00:59, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur with GRider. I am equally guilty of posting a large number of VfDs over the last couple of days, but both of us are working on heavy categorization (he in bio-stub, me in dead ends) and as a result, sometimes poorly written pages fall through to VfD even if their subjects would be worthy of inclusion. Sometimes deleting a bad article is best because a good article with the same name can then be started anew. Radiant! 11:33, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yes. The AMS is a major organization... that presidency alone merits inclusion. This is obviously not vanity. Please don't nominate things for VfD you're not sure of yourself... i.e., don't ask questions in your nomination. A nomination is an implied "delete" vote, so you need to justify your nomination just as you'd justify a delete vote. Also, do a bit better research. Your 113 hits number is misleading. You should've also searched for "Cathleen Morawetz", which yields another 560 hits. – flamurai (t) 02:10, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, and expand. Notable. Megan1967 08:57, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. AMS president and National Medal of Science are notable.  Easily clears the average professor bar.  --BM 12:58, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. National Medal of Science is not handed out like confetti (only 409 so far in over 40 years). Note also that "CS Morawetz" produces another 380 google hits, and pretty good ones at that too. Average Earthman 13:12, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable musician. Capitalistroadster 08:58, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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