Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Pirie (mathematician)


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The result was keep. Mz7 (talk) 10:01, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

George Pirie (mathematician)

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No indication of satisfying WP:NACADEMIC. Mutt Lunker (talk) 11:50, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Am now content that notability is satisfied, at the very least technically. Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:53, 25 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:15, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:15, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. North America1000 15:07, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. For someone who mainly lived in the 19th century, I think we have to go by WP:GNG or WP:BIO. Adsmittedly, there is not a whole lot here, but there examples of substantive coverage. There is a published obit in Proceedings of LMS, a semi-obit in Nature, and another one here. There are also two publsihed reviews (in Nature) of his books. Plus there are a few other brief mentions, and an honorary degree from the University of St. Andrews. Overall, I think that's enough to satisfy WP:GNG. Nsk92 (talk) 17:12, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:PROF is often beside the point for historical figures; its purpose is to help evaluate biographies of currently (or recently) active scholars whose achievements may be noteworthy even when biographical profiles are lacking. Here, as argued above, WP:GNG or WP:BIO are more appropriate, and the available sources are satisfactory on those grounds. (I believe the LMS obituary is here.) XOR&#39;easter (talk) 20:05, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per sources provided by Nsk92 --DannyS712 (talk) 05:59, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. It's still the case that one can look at the article and think "what did he do to merit an article?". But I think the standard is met. Certainly we should be judging this sort of person by WP:GNG or maybe WP:AUTHOR, not WP:PROF. WP:PROF is really designed around the expectations for modern American research-level academics and even among those it doesn't work particularly well for mathematicians. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:07, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep: The obituaries are from major reliable sources, so WP:GNG is appropriately satisfied here. — MarkH21 (talk) 11:09, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Meets WP:NACADEMIC #5 in any case. In those days there was only a single professor per department, so he was the Professor of Mathematics at the University of Aberdeen, not just a professor. So "an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon" applies, as it still does with all established (as opposed to personal) chairs at major British universities. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:16, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - I would support the well-made arguments above and think there is clear evidence that Pirie was a notable individual. Dunarc (talk) 18:34, 28 September 2019 (UTC)


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