Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Declan Davis


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The result was   speedy delete by Philippe per WP:CSD (no assertion of notability). —David Eppstein (talk) 18:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Declan Davis

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I don't like nominating articles for deletion solely based on notability, but this one goes a bit too far. The subject seems to be a typical mathematician who has just completed his PhD. He's written an article, a thesis and given some talks. The last sentence ("Professional career at the &hellip;") is a bit misleading; that seems to list the places that he visited for conferences and such. The relevant notability guideline is Notability (academics). -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 14:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete: Seems to fail all the points made at WP:TEACH. Delete as nn. Calor (talk) 14:41, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I disagree There is only one publication listed in the article. That's because I couldn't find links to any of his other paper. The MathSciNet link only works if you're accessing it from an institution, and so I only included those articles which had web versions. He has actually published many papers: that's why I felt he needed to be included. In reference to the professional career: he worked at Minnesota, check the link, it wasn't a cinference: he was a long term visiting academic. He spent time working at the university of Hokkaido. The problem is that there are no links available. He spent time working at the university of Sao Paulo, but again, there are no links available. That's why I put the only links I could find. Finally, if you had bothered to read the discussions page, and to contribute, instead of slaming a deletion tag you would have seen that when you google Declan Davis, Mathematics there are many CLICK HERE TO SEE. Fair enough: he has just finished his PhD, but I didn't know that there was a minimum age for an article. He is no ordinary mathematican. Dharma6662000 (talk) 15:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I did read the talk page, look through the Google results and look through the MathSciNet results (I have full access but there is only one article). His thesis also mentioned only one article by him. According to the Minnesota link, he stayed two days at the IMA. Can you give some evidence that he's no ordinary mathematician? -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 15:41, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I misread the Minnesota page. It lists the dates in the American format (month first), so he stayed there for a month. However, I could not find any other paper written by him. Which journals are they published in? -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 16:16, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete No indication of notability. Google Scholar record is unimpressive so far. If he's really done breakthrough work already, I'm sure we'll hear about it in due time, and then there'll be something verifiable to put in a WP article. Hqb (talk) 16:20, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

First of all I would request that you do not edit the things I have written. You have altered the layout of this page. Since this is a debate page I would kindly request that you do not edit, or in anyway format, what I have written. Secondly, I have emailed him, and I was mistaken. He has two preprints, one with the LMS and one with Geometriae Dedicata. He is a well known young mathematician. There are over three pages of Google results, he is well known in the singulairty community, he has spent time working in many institutions, and he has one published article and two preprints. All of this by the time he finishes his PhD. I don't see the problem: you can clearly see that he is well known; it's not like I've added my friend from down the pub. Why do you object so strongly? Dharma6662000 (talk) 16:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

p.s. I've just searched Google Scholar CLICK HERE TO SEE. There are five results showing work with Peter Giblin and Peter Olver. But I guess you won't know who they are either, and I bet you'd tag their pages for deletion too. Dharma6662000 (talk) 16:31, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, delete it then
I've just read the guidelines, and I agree: he doesn't exactly meet any one of those criteria. I just thought that in a day and age when talentless baboons from Big Brother have their own Wikipedia pages that a young mathematician that actually has talent should have his own page too. I guess the only thing to do is to allow the page to be deleted. I must admit that I feel a little bit sader today. Why are people so quick to judge, and why do people get so much pleasure from stamping on other people's sand castles? I guess I'll never know. Dharma6662000 (talk) 17:20, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


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