Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tajima's D


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The result was non-admin closure as keep. Nomination withdrawn, no votes for delete. Someguy1221 06:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Tajima's D

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No context, but apparently something about genetics. Either WP:OR or the synopsis of some non-notable paper by a non-notable researcher, Fumio Tajima. Possible WP:COI. Contested PROD. Sandstein 20:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC) Withdrawn, see below. Sandstein 04:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Response from the author:

Tajima's D is statistical test used in genetics. There are a number of statistical tests (genetic and other) with wikipedia articles, such as the Transmission disequilibrium test. Tajima's D is mentioned in the wikipedia page for Linkage disequilibrium. It is the oldest and most commonly used test of a hypothesis proposed by Motoo Kimura, the neutral theory of molecular evolution, both listed in Wikipedia. Thus this article on Tajima's D fills a gap in wikipedia.

Non-notable paper? Tajima's original paper has 1580 citations! 

Non-notable researcher? Fumio Tajima published over 480 articles. 

Why does Sandstein consider this Original Research? It is an attemtp to describe and explain in layman's terms a very complicated, frequently used and poorly understood mathematical concept. Is that not one of the uses of Wikipedia?

Why does Sandstein consider this article a conflict of interest? I am not an author of the references, nor am I a developer of the software/websites mentioned. I am a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego, learning statistical genetics. Tajima's D is a fundamental concept in this field mentioned in almost every course, textbook and software application I have encountered during my study of the subject. Every professor I have asked to explain Tajima's D has referred me to Wikipedia and were surprised to find NOTHING.

An alternative/extension would be to have a wikipedia page discussing all the available statistical tests of neutral molecular evolution, including Tajima's D, Fu & Li's F, Fay & Wu's H

Jlrflores 22:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong keep I wish the nominator had taken a couple of seconds with our old friend Google to find out a bit more about this well-known (in genetics) test. Cetainly not OR and the idea of COI seems far-fetched. Mmoneypenny 22:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay. Per our friends above, looks like we should keep this. How about a couple sentences of introduction, though? This is a general encyclopedia. Herostratus 23:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Jlrflores. Relatively common statistical test in its field. —dustmite 02:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks I'm working on a revision/introduction — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlrflores (talk • contribs)
 * Withdrawn. You're completely right, I should have googled it first, and tagged the article as "no context" second. Sorry. Still, Jlrflores, please understand that this is a general interest encyclopedia, and laymen should at least be able to understand in general terms what the subject of an article is about and why it is notable. Unfortunately, we receive a lot of worthless articles by cranks writing up their pet fringe theory, and to a layman such as myself, your article looked suspiciously similar to a submission of this kind. Again, I apologise for the somewhat rough reception of your first article, and would like to thank you for your efforts to contribute to Wikipedia. Sandstein 04:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


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