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The result was delete‎. plicit 23:24, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

James A. D. W. Anderson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Mathematical crackpot with no meaningful impact on the field per WP:ACADEMIC, and no coverage in popular press since initial 2006 spotlight. Academic discourse on "transreal arithmetic" is mostly WP:SELFPUB, barring a couple of papers published in non-mathematical journals. Fishsicles (talk) 11:58, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Yes, he does appear to be a crackpot. That might not be sufficient reason for deletion if he had a significant influence on mathematics, but as far as I can see he doesn't. Athel cb (talk) 12:53, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Compared to other fields, mathematics is much more tolerant of what would normally be labelled "crackpots" - rejecting an established axiom or theory usually means building a contrasting theory, which can be mathematically interesting in its own right. (WP:CRACKPOT's term for this would be "alternative theoretical formulation".) That said, "transreal arithmetic" has absolutely not developed into a theory of any interest to mathematicians, which means I'm more than comfortable applying the label.
I think a particularly useful point of contrast is inter-universal Teichmüller theory, which also makes dramatic claims that are (in the opinion of many number theorists) not properly substantiated, but remains of significant academic interest for its potential applications. "Transreal arithmetic" has attracted no such attention, and the only one to claim applications is Anderson himself. Fishsicles (talk) 14:28, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment: My concern is more basic than the issues raised above: there are whole paragraphs in a BLP that are unsourced. I'd be willing to cut down the article to a stub, but that would disrupt the discussion. Not sure how to proceed. Bearian (talk) 00:51, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Delete "Anderson has been trying to market his ideas for transreal arithmetic and "Perspex machines" to investors. He claims that his work can produce computers which run "orders of magnitude faster than today's computers".[7][12] He has also claimed that it can help solve such problems as quantum gravity,[7] the mind-body connection,[13] consciousness[13] and free will.[13]" So, first of all, yes, that could be straight out of Underwood Dudley's book. Second, Anderson made one tiny news/blogosphere splash nearly two decades ago, and there's nothing else to go on. This merits maybe two lines in whatever article talks about mathematical crankery, not a whole biography. 64.112.179.236 (talk) 20:07, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: If the article is deleted, this redirects should too, unless there's a bot that does it:

Perspective simplex Transreal number Transreal numbers Perspex machine Transreal Computing Ltd Transreal arithmetic James Anderson (computer scientist) Nullity (number)

and the link in James A. Anderson Itzcuauhtli11 (talk) 15:06, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete. The past discussions are old but then so are the sources on which the article is based, so I think we can let their decision on the value of those sources stand. As for what he might have done since then, I don't see enough in Google Scholar to convince me of a pass of WP:PROF and I didn't find any recent news about him that might provide new evidence of WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:16, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Extended reality (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Taking to AFD as a courtesy for further consensus. Whether this topic is genuinely distinct from virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality has been disputed by an editor. The editor has attempted to make WP:BOLD mergers of this page into augmented reality, under an argument that the topic of "extended reality" is only synonymous with augmented reality, and that "pages should represent real things, rather than concepts that only exist in academia". ViperSnake151  Talk  01:06, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is not about your opinion (or anyone else's), it's about what reliable sources say. Liz Read! Talk! 19:46, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Convert to disambiguation page. After all, Extended reality is a GROUP of things, and that's what a disambiguation page is for, I think. I have made a draft for it. SeaDragon1 (talk) 14:11, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. plicit 23:27, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Waleed A. Alrodhan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Page which has had several problems including prior COI/UPE editor, and a PROD supported by two editors. Prior promo has been removed, with the argument "as the person is not significantly less notable compared to other Saudi academics whose pages exist without question". That is not a valid criterion. Page fails WP:NPROF with an h-factor of 7, plus nothing to prove WP:GNG. Ldm1954 (talk) 22:31, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. – robertsky (talk) 01:47, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reality–virtuality continuum (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This concept was published in one single paper, and does not have wide acceptance among media, researchers, or any present papers. If anything, it should be listed at each of the authors' pages on Wikipedia if they have pages, however this concept is biased and incomplete, and should not have its own Wikipedia page. JustMakeTheAccount (talk) 23:05, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep The given rationale for deletion does not make sense to me. A quick google scholar search for the term turns up numerous papers. The original paper has 5000+ citations according to google scholar and searching for "reality virtuality continuum" for articles since 2024 results in over 1000 hits. Seems to be a widely discussed concept/seminal paper among researchers and is a topic of recent interest. If other reasons for deletion cannot be given, then this article should be kept and improved. Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 01:49, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep A single paper? According to Google Scholar, Milgram 1995 has 5,569 citations, Skarbez 2021 has 502 citations. Just to name the top papers. There's probably hundreds of papers discussing the concept. MarioGom (talk) 13:29, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I just meant keeping one key paper as a reference, but you’re right—there’s a whole body of research on this. Thanks for highlighting the scope agree with above vote!Sigma World (talk)
  • Keep Although just at a glance, I could not tell this concept had 5,000 citations. Might be prudent to put more of those on there so that we do not end up having to vote on this again sometime in the future. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 13:38, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: While there are more keep votes here, I support the nomination but there are sources available on google search which might be reliable enough to build notability of this articles, someone that has dropped a "Keep" vote should have At least made a significant improvement to this article by adding reliable source and expanding the article for it to be more suitable. Chippla ✍️ - Best Regards 14:12, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep As others have said there's plenty of papers and sources regarding it and I'm getting nearly 10,000 hits. Just needs some work done. Nahida 🌷 14:15, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep There are plenty of sources and citations for this to be a keep. Agnieszka653 (talk) 14:48, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep tentatively - contingent upon one addition reliable source added to the article. I'm not a fan of closing out an AfD without completing the process of showing actual significant coverage. Bearian (talk) 19:16, 13 May 2025 (UTC) I did it myself. WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 19:26, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. MarioGom, you're free to make the move. asilvering (talk) 06:26, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wubuntu (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Lacks independent in-depth coverage to pass WP:NCORP. UPE history as well (see User:Tristancr). Gheus (talk) 10:12, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. plicit 23:27, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DeepSource (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This company does not meet the notability guideline for corporations. The only coverage of this corporation is from trade publications. The existing sources are either unreliable (Forbes) or routine coverage (TechCrunch). voorts (talk/contributions) 21:22, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. plicit 00:05, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grace College of Business and Computer Science (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NORG tagged for notability for 5 years, created by a sock. Theroadislong (talk) 18:42, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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HackMiami (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Subject does not seem to be notable upon search - no reliable, secondary sources can be found. PROD was proposed & contested in the past for the same reason, so AfD is the only course of action available here. WormEater13 (talkcontribs) 04:08, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - numerous articles and information security listings talk about HackMiami. Some are listed in this article already. Many notable people have talked and participated in this event and has been going on for over a decade.
large sponsors such as T-Mobile have sponsored this event and have a sizable following and was even on the cover of rollingstone H477r1ck (talk) 06:16, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - This article appears to be promotional in nature, as evidenced by its edit history and previous discussions at Articles for Deletion. A cursory search reveals that the subject, H477r1ck, is actually James Ball, who serves on the board of HackMiami. This raises concerns about a potential conflict of interest, given HackMiami's status as a for-profit organization with a history of using Wikipedia for self-promotional purposes, notably to advertise their conference. Furthermore, the article contains citations that are either unreliable or missing altogether, which compromises its overall reliability and neutrality. In light of these issues, I recommend deletion of this article. LauraQuora (talk) 04:49, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect‎ to FreeBSD#Foundation. Liz Read! Talk! 22:43, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FreeBSD Foundation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Not notable organisation Old-AgedKid (talk) 14:40, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@Alexeyevitch Can you provide examples of significant coverage? I have found no WP:SIGCOV about the foundation that meets the requirements of WP:NORG. Anything in depth I've found about the foundation relies of heavily on interviews which does not meet requirements for establishing notability under WP:NORG. Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 23:59, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep‎. – robertsky (talk) 19:26, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DIIOP (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NSOFT Clenpr (talk) 13:08, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep: I do not see any WP:BEFORE in the nominating statement. The other voter references JavaScript, which does not seem to be mentioned in the article at all (as far as I can tell it's exclusively talking about Java, a completely different and unrelated language), so I am not sure what they are referring to. jp×g🗯️ 03:42, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: Many refs found using the Google books link above. See WP:BEFORE. Thanks, --A. B. (talkcontribsglobal count) 04:08, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    DIIOP seems to have been ubiquitous in its day. I've added several book refs. None go in-depth but collectively there's enough to build an article. Google Scholar (use the link above) indicates a number of journal articles mentioning DIIOP but I did not have access to them. --A. B. (talkcontribsglobal count) 04:21, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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