Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Computational verb theory

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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 no consensus; editorial decision made to merge to physical linguistics. Johnleemk | Talk 11:51, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Computational verb theory, Computational verb logic, Computational verb, Physical linguistics

Unverifiable, non-notable, spam, original research, and/or vanity. This is part of a series of articles linked ultimately to Tao Yang created in an attempt to promote his "computational verb theory" and related concepts.

Regarding lack of verifiability and original research: I challenge anyone out there to find verifiable, independent, peer-reviewed sources that seriously discuss "computational verb theory". By "independent" I mean sources that are neither (a) Wikipedia mirrors; (b) web sites published by Mr. Yang; (c) books self-published by Mr. Yang; (d) journals edited by Mr. Yang; nor anything else related directly or indirectly to Mr. Yang and/or colleagues. Keep in mind that the references cited in these articles do not meet these criteria; for example, Mr. Yang is the editor (and apparently also the publisher) of the International Journal of Computational Cognition.

Regarding vanity and lack of notability: Even if the topic of "computational verb theory" is found to be verifiable, I'll also claim that it is not sufficiently notable to warrant several articles. The present state of affairs inflates the significance of Mr. Yang's theories beyond their apparent merit.

Related nominations:

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  • Nominate and endorse deletion. --MarkSweep (call me collect) 16:29, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with Physical linguistics if that article is kept. If not, delete. --Nick Boalch ?!? 23:31, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with Yang's Scientific Research Institute, reasoning provided under that article nomination. Durova 01:50, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Fishy. See the results of a citation search appended below. --Nick Boalch ?!? 23:26, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


I have bundled Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Computational verb logic, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Computational verb, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Physical linguistics at this point. —Quarl (talk) 2006-01-13 06:47Z

  • Weak keep with Merge all to the most-encompassing article on the theory, perhaps Physical lingustics or Computational verb theory. Looks very fishy indeed. However, Google Scholar shows a handful of others working on this stuff, and T. Yang has also published under Springer-Verlag. —Quarl (talk) 2006-01-13 06:54Z
  • Merge to a single article, Physical linguistics, as per above. Lukas 14:14, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect to Physical linguistics, --MPerel ( talk | contrib) 19:41, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: Isn't anybody bothered by the fact that "physical linguistics" receives virtually no independent citations or even Google hits? There is little more than a series of articles by a single person, most of them self-published without peer review. --MarkSweep 20:03, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree with MarkSweep. Merge to Yang's Scientific Research Institute. Melchoir 20:32, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
  • merge into Tao Yang(I). It odd many books by big publishers but very few citations. The term "physical linguistics" is used by another author in a different field (education). --Pfafrich 23:20, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
  • weak keep and merge with physical linguistics. Delete. This all seems very fishy. I tagged all related pages as a hoax until someone can produce solid evidence that it is not. —Ruud 21:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge; barring that, delete. Matt Yeager 00:53, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Results from the ISI citation index

I've done a little checking through the ISI Web of Knowledge, my results are appended below. Articles by Yang dealing with the 'computational verb' have appeared in at least two reputable peer-reviewed journals, the International Journal of Intelligent Systems and the International Journal of General Systems. However, the only time any of these papers has ever been cited is by Yang himself in other papers. So it's verifiable as a published theory, but it's not exactly setting the cognitive science world alight. --Nick Boalch ?!? 23:26, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

FN ISI Export Format
VR 1.0
PT S
AU Yang, T
TI Impulsive control theory - Preface
SO IMPULSIVE CONTROL THEORY
SE LECTURE NOTES IN CONTROL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
PY 2001
VL 272
BP VII
EP +
UT ISI:000171868300001
ER

PT S
AU [Anon]
TI Impulsive computational verb control
SO IMPULSIVE CONTROL THEORY
SE LECTURE NOTES IN CONTROL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
PY 2001
VL 272
BP 219
EP 235
UT ISI:000171868300009
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: The paradox of the liar
SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
PD SEP
PY 2001
VL 16
IS 9
BP 1053
EP 1067
UT ISI:000170524300003
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: computing with perceptions of dynamics
SO INFORMATION SCIENCES
PD MAY
PY 2001
VL 134
IS 1-4
BP 167
EP 248
UT ISI:000169100900007
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: Verb numbers
SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
PD MAY
PY 2001
VL 16
IS 5
BP 655
EP 678
UT ISI:000168174500005
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: Verb sets
SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS
PY 2000
VL 29
IS 6
BP 941
EP 964
UT ISI:000165902200006
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: Verb predictions and their applications
SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
PD NOV
PY 2000
VL 15
IS 11
BP 1087
EP 1102
UT ISI:000165237900006
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: a new paradigm for artificial intelligence
SO INFORMATION SCIENCES
PD MAY
PY 2000
VL 124
IS 1-4
BP 103
EP 123
UT ISI:000085768800005
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: averbs and adverbials as modifiers of verbs
SO INFORMATION SCIENCES
PD DEC
PY 1999
VL 121
IS 1-2
BP 39
EP 60
UT ISI:000084329600003
ER

PT J
AU Yang, T
TI Computational verb systems: Verb logic
SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
PD NOV
PY 1999
VL 14
IS 11
BP 1071
EP 1087
UT ISI:000083405400001
ER


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