Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MathPath (2nd nomination)


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The result was  Nomination withdrawn, no other !votes to delete. - Icewedge (talk) 19:21, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

MathPath
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A marginally notable Math camp, I found this but that is about all. - Icewedge (talk) 06:01, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

In favor of retaining MathPath page
1. This is the only U.S. summer camp for the very very mathematically talented and interested in the 11-14, middle school age range. There are a handful of such programs for high-school age students, including both the Hampshire College Summer Mathematics Program and MathCamp (the older sibling to this program). Both those high-school programs seem to have stable Wikipedia pages, and in many ways such a program for middle schoolers is more notable. 2. MathPath's summer staff routinely includes multiple notable mathematicians, and in particular, the very famous John Conway (Conway Games, Surreal numbers, etc.) 3. Broadly, MathCamp is of roughly equal importance to quite a few entries in the Wikipedia Category: Mathematics education list.

My background: I have never published anything on Wikipedia before; I'm sure I am not using the correct templates for a deletion argument. I am a reasonably well published but not particularly notable discrete mathematician and computer scientist; Robert (Bob) H. Sloan. I have had a child attend this camp, presumably giving me both more knowledge and more bias. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.193.40.122 (talk) 15:57, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. There appears to have been coverage in the Wall Street Journal. The 2006 camp was held at UC Santa Cruz, and the UCSC in the News page for August 28, 2006 says: "The gifted middleschoolers at UCSC's MathPath were featured in the Wall Streeet Journal's weekend edition." But I can't confirm this at the Wall Street Journal itself, perhaps because it may only have relatively recent articles online. --Eastmain (talk) 16:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Although Mathpath may be a small camp, it is one of the few math summer camps available for middle school students. In order for Wikipedia to be a fair encyclopedia, it should have some information about this camp. Hm29168 (talk) 17:14, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. The wall street journal article is refrenced now. This article explains why MathPath is important. Whitesoxman (talk) 17:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


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