Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Boone

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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 merge. W.marsh 03:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Steven Boone

  • Delete: Non-notable professor whose computer found a huge prime number using downloadable software as part of the GIMPS project. Per my understanding, the software retrieves gigantic numbers - determined almost randomly by a centralized server - that fit a certain pattern. The computer's owner goes about his or her regular life while the computer uses an algorithm to determine if it's a prime number. My computer is also running the same software. The people that came up with the idea and the software deserve a big fat article - the people that simply download and run it?... This is as notable as people that win the lottery - except it would be a small lottery since there was no money involved here. —Wknight94 (talk) 14:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete: At most his name could be listed on the GIMPS page. WU03 15:37, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge to GIMPS (not the redirect.. obviously). kotepho 16:52, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge Boone is actually a professor of chemistry, not a professor of mathematics, so someone who has more chem knowledge of chem than I should maybe look at his list of papers. However, almost all the google hits turn up either other Steven Boones, forum posts, or this Steven Boone in the context of GIMPS. "Steven Boone" + "chemistry" turns up 341 hits, the first his home page and the next two talking about GIMPS, so it seems the only context he is known in is GIMPS. JoshuaZ 17:42, 25 March 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.