Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Houston (mathematician)

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The result was redirect‎ to How to Think Like a Mathematician. (non-admin closure) asilvering (talk) 06:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Houston (mathematician) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Senior lecturer at the University of Leeds. His only mention I found in the news is a passage in a BBC article where he is interviewed for being part of a campaign wanting to replace pi with tau. No other mention could be found. His research output seems rather limited and he doesn't hold a major position in his institution. The subject does not fulfill the notability requirements. Broc (talk) 15:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and United Kingdom. Broc (talk) 15:50, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 15:51, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment There may be just enough to warrant an article about his book How to Think Like a Mathematician; I found two reviews [1][2], and these hundred-odd citations to it might include further substantial commentary. If the book is notable but nothing else turns up, we can refactor the article about the person into an article about the book. XOR'easter (talk) 16:37, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I found three more reviews of How to Think Like a Mathematician (total of five), so the book is probably notable. We can redirect to an article about it if we can't find anything else to suggest that Houston is notable independently from it. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I had some doubts when creating this AfD exactly because I thought the book he wrote could be notable, but I couldn't find any source that would show the notability of the author. I would also be in favor of creating an article for the book and redirecting the page of the author to it. --Broc (talk) 18:25, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Not quite a pass of WP:Prof#C1 on basis of GS cites, even for this low-cited field. May pass WP:Author. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:21, 25 December 2023 (UTC).[reply]

  The only other books listed are two co-edited volumes of conference proceedings. Those tend not to get reviewed in any substantial way, and even if they do, they count for less in WP:AUTHOR considerations, being less attributable to any single person. XOR'easter (talk) 16:58, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect or merge to an article to be created on the book discussed above which does seem to be notable. Doesn't seem to meet WP:NPROF or WP:NAUTHOR (perhaps WP:TOOSOON). -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:23, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect / merge to article on the notable book per WP:BLP1E. I don't think that the co-edited volumes contribute much to an NAUTHOR case, and I'm not seeing so much towards an NPROF case. The surprisingly-common name makes it a bit harder to search, and will watch in case better evidence of notability arises. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 16:57, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting. Any editors volunteering to create a new article for this one to be Merged or Redirected to?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:42, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment: I started working on the book page here, anyone who wants to contribute is welcome User:Broc/sandbox/How to Think Like a Mathematician --Broc (talk) 11:33, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Looks good. I think it's ready for article space. XOR'easter (talk) 21:12, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Moved to mainspace: How to Think Like a Mathematician. Broc (talk) 11:00, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect/merge to book article: Per reasoning above and WP:1E. The sandbox draft linked above looks promising. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 21:20, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to How to Think Like a Mathematician, now that that article exists. XOR'easter (talk) 16:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC).[reply]
• Redirect, as nothing more has turned up to provide evidence of independent notability from the book for Houston himself. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:14, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to How to Think Like a Mathematician.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 01:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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