Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mathematical politics


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The result was Delete -- JForget  00:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Mathematical politics

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This article appears to be basically a rant (WP:NOT), and I don't see how it could be made encyclopedic. Does anyone think there is anything worth saving in here? Anaxial (talk) 19:16, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment It touches on some debates about how mathematics should be taught, which are notable debates. I don't think the term as a whole has a clear usage - I found a few articles discussing Mathematical Politics as it is used in this article, but also many using the term to refer to government relying on mathematics and use of mathematics to understand politics. Coanda-1910 (talk) 19:28, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete A soap box complaint about academic politics within mathematics departments. Unsourced, POV and unecyclopedic. I'm smarter than my boss is not a sufficient basis for an article.Nick Connolly (talk) 19:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Don't see how it can be fixed. --PetraSchelm (talk) 20:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:OR. MrPrada (talk) 21:17, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong delete Soapbox. archanamiya  ·  talk  20:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. And here I was hoping this would be an article on the mathematics of voting systems, or something interesting like that... Sigh. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unsourced POV list of assertions and complaints. Gandalf61 (talk) 09:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete X < 0 in this case, and not just because it's negative. It's theory without any attempt at proof.  Although there are probably articles and editorials in journals such as The Chronicle of Higher Education about this subject, this looks like a disgruntled teaching assistant or untenured staffmember who is venting their frustrations.  Unsourced, original research, soapbox.  Mandsford (talk) 16:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Stifle (talk) 18:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


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