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The result was Delete (without prejudice to creation of an article on the school). WaltonOne 17:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aryabhatta Maths Competition

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A non notable local competition. Hardly any media coverage. The most prominent Ghits are either the wiki article or its mirrors. Tagged orphan for almost two months now. soum talk 14:15, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete non-notable local math quiz. If I'm reading it right, the prize is the equivalent of about $3.00 US. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:19, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oops, I missed that prize money bit. Its more like 2.50 USD, not even 3.00! Seriously, what were the organizers thinking when they annoounced a 100 INR prize!!! --soum talk 15:28, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes, but there's also a certificate! ;-) Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:49, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete 8th grade local math competitions are not notable Corpx 16:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I found a article in one of India's national newspaper which has the competition as its subject [1]. Also apparently its results are covered by mainstream media (see [2] for example). Finally regarding the comments on prize-money: In Indian the spirit of amateurism still holds sway, especially at school level (Recall that the prizemoney at the Olympics is still zero, AFAIK, thanks to its historical legacy) and while I don't have any personal knowledge of this competition, if students at IIT [3] and Stanford [4] are citing it on their resume, I guess the "certificate" is of some value. Abecedare 16:57, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment: Indiatimes.com has sites for many schools called "school homepages". The search results you indicate in your second link are nothing more than mentions in long lists of what prizes, etc., that students for particular schools have won. For example, right above one such mention we see that "The Limca Book of Records organised a quiz at the Air Force Auditorium and the Class XI children received the audience prize" and "In a group discussion held at the computer forum, Navjeet Chatterjee won the third prize." The most extensive coverage of this competition is in a list related to the school that runs it.
    • As for the resume stuff, I don't know what to say except people stick all sorts of stuff there. Does the fact that an undergrad that lists being "computer secretary" for his hostel also lists this competition there convince me of its notability? Not really.
    • The first link is interesting. It is to a segment of Young World], which is apparently a weekly supplement to The Hindu, intended for young readers. It has features intended to appeal and inform its young readers, including a "crayon corner". I don't think a short article on this competition titled "Maths can be fun", really fits what I would consider national coverage, despite The Hindu being a national newspaper.
    • I happened to be online chatting with a friend in India, so I queried him about this competition and sent him the Young World link. He graduated from an IIT and has in-depth knowledge of many of these important competitions. He had never heard of it, but said it's probably because it's Delhi only (as explained in the Young World article). So my conclusion from all this is that it may be a somewhat notable local competition. Is that enough? Well, Delhi is a big, important city, but ... I'm not convinced. For example (I'm really asking), do we have articles on competitions that take place only in (possibly parts of) New York City, Los Angeles, etc.? Also, because of the localness of the competition, it's hard to judge how notable it really is within this very large city. How many of the total schools in Delhi vie for the trophy? For example, the Young World article mentions that the response was "overwhelming" in 2006, and numbers are expected to increase. Is this because more schools are participating? Or each school is sending more students? --C S (Talk) 10:58, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Create a one-line article on Summer Fields School, New Delhi(which conducts the competition) and merge this stuff into that article. As Abecedare points out, the competition seems to be somewhat more important than average an average inter-school contest, but the mention in the media is trivial and doesn't establish notability. utcursch | talk 14:46, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 15:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Evil Spartan 23:28, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
thanks for the fascinating reference. Furthermore, this contest is national, not just for a single school. DGG (talk) 01:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
See my comment above. This is not a national contest, only for Delhi. --C S (Talk) 11:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per above. If someone wants to write the school article and include a paragraph, fine. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:24, 12 July 2007 (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.