Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Institute of Mathematics

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. -lethe ^{talk +} 00:52, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American Institute of Mathematics

Sounds like an advertisement and contains no important information Masterpjz9 04:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy keep. Very notable mathematics organization that has provided a large amount of funding and organization for basic research. They were the ones who sponsored Paul Seymour and Neil Robertson's work on the perfect graph theorem, for example. --Wzhao553 05:56, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: that's listed in the AMS Notices reference as one of the big successes of AIM's workshop format; hopefully somebody can incorporate that into the article. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 14:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment - I added the graph theory problems they've sponsored. --Wzhao553 17:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. nn, no context. If there's been such important research, that needed to be in the article with citations. As it is, it's an advertisement for Fry's with a veneer. Tychocat 07:47, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Tychocat Deleteme42 10:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep. It's billed in a printed AMS publication as an "mathematics institute of international renown". I think they're qualified to make that judgement. Current article is kind of silly, but the subject is notable. flowersofnight (talk) 13:29, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, the organization contributes to research which is more than Caulfield Grammar School or Hopkins School does. Cedars 13:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Definitely notable. Multiple Google hits. Gandalf61 13:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. One of seven NSF-funded mathematical institutes. The quote referred by flowersofnight is from the AMS Notices article cited as a reference in the article. I urge anybody, thinking to delete, to read it before making a decision. (available here; 2.1 MB pdf ). As for the claim of advertising for Fry's, given that Fry has invested much into starting and running the institute, it is hardly advertising to mention that he founded it. One focus of the Notices article is on its unusual workshop format; I believe describing this should make for an interesting article for Wikipedia. Finally, let me mention that AIM workshops (which have involved a number of distinguished mathematicians) and fellowships are very well-known and high-profile. There are only a handful of other institutes (like MSRI) in the U.S. that I can think to mention ahead of it. The article is kinda crappy but that's a reason to improve, not delete. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 13:57, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep. Notable institute. Paul August ☎ 14:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep and expand Highly notable, and the article is not at all advertise-y. -- Kicking222 14:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral. Notices AMS is a reliable source (or even a notable source), if the article is not a paid advertisement. They didn't take multi-page paid advertisements when I was a member of the American Mathematical Society, but I dropped my membership because of issues related to sponsorship and affiliations. (The article doesn't have an assertion of notability at the moment, if the institute is notable.) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 15:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: I wasn't aware that featured articles in the Notices could be paid advertisements, or that their regular staff writers would engage in such activities under the guise of journalism. This is a serious charge...what reason do you have to believe this? It's easy enough to check out the Notices article, if you haven't already. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 02:15, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand, notable institution, doesn't sound like an ad at all. --Terence Ong 16:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep as a notable mathematics organization, even though it's not the best written article. —Mets501^talk 18:08, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep If you feel an article is not written properly, rewrite it. Do not nominate it for deletion. -- 127.*.*.1 18:16, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable institution, does need a little npov. Kevin_b_er 03:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep remove overly-detailed location info, expand the rest Walt 12:44, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep despite being behind a Fry's Electronics, it's still an institution no less (although I hear they're expanding into a actual location? anyone?) Itsthomson 13:08, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

• Definite keep. What do you mean no actual location? The current place is great if you like the idea of a math library inside an armaggedon-proof bunker. Silly rabbit 00:44, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Michael Hardy 23:21, 9 June 2006 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.