Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flower pollination algorithm
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This article is part of the following group of articles that I have all nomination for deletion:
- Bat algorithm
- Cuckoo search
- Firefly algorithm
- Flower pollination algorithm
- Fowler–Yang equations
- Van Flandern–Yang hypothesis
These article all detail research done by Xin-She Yang. All suffer from the following problems:
- Most citations include Yang as one of the authors (i.e. are primary).
- Citations numbers of the article look superficially impressive, but include many self-citations and even reek of a citation circle.
- Articles have been created by Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Metafun, why likely is Yang himself.
- I could not find any respectable overview books and articles describing this work as considered relevant in the field. —Ruud 14:22, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:30, 16 July 2016 (UTC)