Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Mathematics
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Mathematics
[edit]- Equational prover (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I found one independent source (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/1210math.html), but no others. EQP is already mentioned on Robbins algebra and William McCune and the NYT source can be added to those pages. Truthnope (talk) 05:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Mathematics, Technology, and Computing. Truthnope (talk) 05:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Keep It seems to have been referenced by number of other authors in addition to the NYT article. Kspiers (talk) 10:08, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Network Science Based Basketball Analytics (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This is a hyper-specific topic within an already niche subject (basketball analytics), and therefore does not merit its own separate article. It is based on a few published analyses, themselves no more noteworthy than dozens of other published analyses in the field of sports analytics. The only article that links to this is the article on the more generalized topic (Advanced statistics in basketball). Even the basketball statistics template does not include this. Therefore, I am flagging it for deletion as it does not meet the criteria for notability.
Other notable advanced basketball metrics that have their own pages such as Adjusted Plus Minus, Player efficiency rating, or Effective field goal percentage, are widely published and utilized. Further, they have static formulas that can be used to accurately recreate them. However, there's no published and regularly updated public source for what is presented in this article, nor is there a static formula that can be followed to recreate the results.
If desired, the contents of this page could be shortened into a paragraph and added to the existing Basketball statistics page, with references to the source academic paper. Gabefarkas (talk) 18:12, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:27, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
Mathematics proposed deletions
[edit]- Algebraic definition (via WP:PROD on 29 October 2025)
David Holcman (via WP:PROD on 28 October 2025)