Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vashistha Narayan Singh


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The result was   delete. Jenks24 (talk) 14:14, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Vashistha Narayan Singh

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Only one reliable(?) secondary source (ToI) has been provided, which focuses on the subject's mental illness. Other than that, he does not satisfy any of the criteria for WP:PROF or the general notability guideline.

S Pat  talk 04:54, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

The mathematician who challenged works of Great Scientist Albert Einstein needs our attention. 1961: Passed matriculation from Bihar Board

1961: Admitted to the prestigious Science College, Patna

1963: Went to University of California, Berkley to study Mathematics under Prof. John L. Kelley

1963 - 1969: Pursued special MSc in Mathematics.

1969: Got PhD from University of California, Berkley, USA

1969: Joined NASA as an Associate Scientist Professor in Washington DC, USA

1969 - 1972: Remained in NASA

1972: Returned to India

1972: Joined as a Lecturer in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.

1972 - 1977: Joined as a lecturer in IIT Kanpur, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata.

1977: shows symptom of Mental illness, Schizophrenia, admitted to the mental hospital at Ranchi, then Bihar, now in Jharkhand.

1977 - 1988:under treatment.

1988- Left home without informing anyone.

1988 - 1992: There was no information about him.

1992-(Feb. Month): He was found in a poor condition in Siwan, Bihar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.224.126.3 (talk • contribs) 06:18, 20 March 2013
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 * Weak Delete I Proded this article a few days back, and what I saw then was that other than his thesis (which was unremarkable for citations), the author does not appear to have produced any other math papers (at least, according to MathSciNet, which is pretty good for mathematicians educated in America in the era in question). I found the coverage in reliable secondary sources (i.e. Times of India) to be interesting and suggestive, but seemed to mention things happening to the subject in passing, rather than discussing him at length. The IP author who contested my prod mentioned a supposed biography of the subject by some personage the IP considers important - if this can be properly verified and analyzed, that may provide grounds for notability. Ray  Talk 14:02, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Thesis paper has no cites in GS. It's hard to find anything else. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:31, 19 March 2013 (UTC).
 * Delete for lack of evidence of passing WP:PROF. As Ray suggested, MathSciNet is the right tool for distinguishing his papers from all the other V. Singhs that have published in mathematics (Vimal, Vinay, Vijaykumar, Ved Pal, Vipin Kumar, Vikram, ...) and it finds extremely little (only the thesis and its journal version). As for the stories about his mental illness: only the Times of India one looks reliable and to me it feels too much like a WP:BIO1E case — if we're going to say that he's notable for being schizophrenic we need more than one newspaper article saying so to convince me. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:50, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete.Jussychoulex (talk) 17:50, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
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