Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C. C. Rousseau

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The result of the debate was keep. --Phroziac^(talk) 18:40, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] C. C. Rousseau

del nonnotable math prof. mikka (t) 04:55, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: Well, the guy does have an Erdos number of 1, which might make him quite notable. (I'm only half-kidding here.) MCB 05:32, 12 October 2005 (UTC) After further discussion, count my vote as keep and expand. MCB 02:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
  • I know quite a few cases where a contrib from Erdos was a just brilliant idea tossed in. mikka (t) 01:10, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
• keep He is a significant mathematician and educator and coauthor of Winning Solutions (Problem Books in Mathematics), 1996 that is listed on Amazon. Walter Siegmund 05:53, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - I get the sense from Google searches, that he has co-authored a sufficient amount of stuff, that seems to be followed by others. He seems to of co-authored multiple things with Erdős, who seems to be really important. I think it would be quite interesting if somebody can expand this. --rob 05:59, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Yes, please expand this. Does he have a theorem named after him? Did he suggest a new theory of vanishing semisporadic pseudonumerals? What's special about him? Thre are millions of professors in the world. mikka (t) 22:39, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete, however, if he and Erdos did something very significant together, I would change my vote. We aren't told anything about their collaboration. The book appears to be math problems with some explanatory text. Half the professors at my school have written their own books, some of them textbooks, but I wouldn't consider them notable enough for an encyclopedia entry because there are so many people who have done the same thing. -- Kjkolb 07:18, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Looking at Dlyons493's comments, it appears he is famous for more than being a professor and author of a math problem book. It would be nice to have his accomplishments in the article, as it currently describes his profession and that he worked with someone famous. Make sure it's in a form that regular people can understand, though. -- Kjkolb 12:38, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Needs expansion, but his Erdős number is an infinitesimal fraction of mine. Anville 09:10, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Lots published in Erdos's areas of Ramsey theory, graph theory see [1]. Dlyons493. attributed vote -- Kjkolb 12:38, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Erdos is famous, Russo is not: sitting in the sun makes you hot, but not so hot. mikka (t) 22:36, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - notable. 23skidoo 18:23, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as this figure appears to be significantly notable within his field of study. Hall Monitor 21:46, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  • references of notability, please. list of publications i a no-go: I have a longer one. mikka (t) 22:36, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Article does not establish notability beyond that of an average professor. Gamaliel 21:51, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. This entry would clearly be a keep with a solid rewrite. I do not think that C.C. Rousseau can be dismissed as an average professor. In evaluating several entries, I note that Wikipedia is a perfect place for "B-List" notables (AS LONG AS THEY ARE, INDEED, NOTABLE) because it is not as constrained as traditional, limited, informational resources. Mr. Rousseau appears to be notable within his field and that would qualify him for inclusion, in my opinion. However, a rewrite, clarifying his achievements, would be needed for me to vote "keep" or "strong keep." el_amante 20:32, 12 October 2005
  • I don't necessarily know it is appropriate to compare Mr. Rousseau's lists of credits or publications to one's own in support of a "delete" vote. I don't know much about academia, but I do know that depending upon the field, the number of years in academia, etc. the number of such metrics can vary. Simply because someone does not appear to be as accomplished as you are is not support, in my opinion, for their deletion. el_amante 20:32, 12 October 2005
• Keep notable enough. Xoloz 14:28, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
• No vote for the moment. I can't establish his importance, but he does seem more notable than the average maths professor. Rousseau has not just an Erdős number of 1, but he has authored 34 articles with Erdős, and about a hundred alltogether (according to MathSciNet), with many appearing in good journals: Journal of Graph Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Transactions of the AMS, Ars Combinatorica. He is also mentioned in book (graph theory). On the other hand, our article C. C. Rousseau does not give much information, so we might need an expert in Ramsey theory to decide in the end. Jitse Niesen (talk) 16:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
• Abstain, upon further expansion change vote to keep. Klonimus 00:49, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keek. Notable enough for me. Paul August ☎ 03:21, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

• keep. Plenty notable author. It'd be good to have some bio, tho' Robinh 07:11, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.