Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists


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The result was delete. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 04:28, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists

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I deleted this under the WP:PROD process a month ago, but following a request on my talkpage undeleted it to give someone a chance to work on it. No improvement has taken place, and as far as I can see Ravenswing's initial deletion rationale Non-notable high school program that's lacked ANY reliable sources for ten years now still remains valid. Doing WP:BEFORE digging brings up a lot of mentions on assorted websites, but I can't find anything more than passing mentions in anything approaching a reliable source. While it's obviously a genuine course, I can't find anything to suggest any particular notability for it; residential taster programs at higher education institutions aimed at high-school students are a common occurrence, and I can't see anything particularly out of the ordinary about this one (except perhaps the night-long games of Egyptian Rat Screw). &#8209; iridescent 12:31, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: Yep ... there are a superficial handful of citations, and those voters wont to register an opinion at AfD with four seconds' glance worth of "research" might jump a different way. Unfortunately, the cites are all (a) from this program's website, (b) from BU's own publications, or (c) fleeting mentions.  As Iridescent states, programs like this are a dime a dozen, and I couldn't find any evidence a month ago that it was notable beyond the common run of them ... or could demonstrate any notability at all.  I'm unsurprised that the editor who asked Iridescent to reinstate the page did zero work on it thereafter (nor, indeed, has made any Wikipedia edits at all since).   Ravenswing   21:06, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete no significant coverage in independent, reliable sources to show that this is anything different from similar taster courses at other universities. BencherliteTalk 22:51, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
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