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434:(local gadfly of WP:NOT#NEWS variety, no eternal historical impact), and fails WP:PROF (main claim to notability as I see it is via book co-authored Jeffrey Lang, and the most common blurb I see for the book mentions it containing Lang's dissertation work). Given the long history of this article, and the failure of it to show a consistent trend towards accumulating stronger claims to notability, I suggest a re- 301:
is passable but weak. It is true that he was the editor-in-chief of Ulam Quaterly, which may indeed have been the first online math journal. However, the journal's existence was fairly brief (1992-96) and it never really managed to get off the ground. Notability from editing Grothendieck's notes is
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The version linked to by Salix Alba contains one possibly notable claim: an on-line mathematics magazine (unnamed) from 1987, and a write-in campaign for governor of Florida in a race for which our article lists 147 total write-ins. I don't think that's enough.
245:. In the past this has been a problematic article, the subject has edited the article himself adding lots of positive spin, there is also quite a lot of negative press about him (see deletion log). There are sources aplenty see for example 302:
derivative. In terms of his own work, MathSciNet shows 33 papers (the last one in 1996), none are widely cited. WebOfScience shows top citation hits in single digits for his papers. Similarly, little in terms of citability in GoogleScholar
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decision to unsalt was based on "Significant new information has come to light since the deletion." but reading this new bio, I see no new information, no claim to notability even (failed candidates for local office fail
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Also, this should be the fourth nomination, not the second. Also,this was deleted in the first and second AfD.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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for the moment. I am not sure about his notability as a politician (the older version
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The article fails to demonstrate that the subject is notable in any way. Fails
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Non notable failing candidate. He might be notable some day, but not now. Fails
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which was a complete rewrite differening markedly from the deleted version
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I remember this article from previous AfDs (this is it's fourth). The
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Still doesn't seem to meet notability guideliens. No sources found.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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does cite quite a few sources) but academic notability under
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list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions
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Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass (Second nomination)
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Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass (third nomination)
80:Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass (2nd nomination) 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 504:). No further edits should be made to this page. 252:, being editor and translator of influential 8: 362:(I've just restored this for comparison). -- 216:: This debate has been included in the 72: 430:I think his political activities fail 18:Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion 7: 254:Elements of Algebraic Geometry Five 70: 24: 75:Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass 277:history is quite clear here. -- 1: 484:00:41, 22 August 2008 (UTC) 465:19:43, 21 August 2008 (UTC) 448:19:34, 21 August 2008 (UTC) 423:11:57, 21 August 2008 (UTC) 394:07:38, 21 August 2008 (UTC) 372:09:35, 20 August 2008 (UTC) 348:04:47, 20 August 2008 (UTC) 322:14:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 287:12:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 270:08:54, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 233:06:35, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 206:05:30, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 192:05:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 170:05:14, 19 August 2008 (UTC) 58:20:00, 24 August 2008 (UTC) 521: 497:Please do not modify it. 32:Please do not modify it. 386:Pharaoh of the Wizards 258:Alexander Grothendieck 69:AfDs for this article: 455:as per Pete Hurd. -- 438:ing is appropriate. 168:and his otters • 44:The result was 482: 235: 221: 512: 499: 478: 222: 212: 166: 165:Ten Pound Hammer 153: 147: 129: 34: 520: 519: 515: 514: 513: 511: 510: 509: 508: 502:deletion review 495: 476:Septentrionalis 453:Delete and salt 356:I think it was 275:Delete and salt 250:Zariski surface 239:Delete and salt 164: 149: 120: 104: 101: 94: 67: 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 518: 516: 507: 506: 489: 487: 486: 467: 450: 425: 396: 378: 377: 376: 375: 351: 350: 324: 289: 272: 236: 225:David Eppstein 210: 209: 208: 160: 159: 100: 99: 93: 92: 87: 82: 77: 71: 68: 66: 61: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 517: 505: 503: 498: 492: 491: 490: 485: 481: 477: 473: 468: 466: 462: 458: 454: 451: 449: 445: 441: 437: 433: 432:WP:POLITICIAN 429: 426: 424: 420: 416: 412: 411:WP:POLITICIAN 408: 404: 400: 397: 395: 391: 387: 383: 380: 379: 373: 369: 365: 361: 358: 355: 354: 353: 352: 349: 345: 341: 337: 336:WP:POLITICIAN 332: 328: 325: 323: 319: 315: 311: 307: 304: 300: 296: 293: 290: 288: 284: 280: 276: 273: 271: 267: 263: 259: 255: 251: 247: 244: 243:leave as stub 240: 237: 234: 230: 226: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 194: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 174: 173: 172: 171: 167: 157: 152: 145: 141: 137: 133: 128: 124: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 102: 98: 95: 91: 88: 86: 83: 81: 78: 76: 73: 65: 62: 60: 59: 55: 51: 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 496: 493: 488: 471: 452: 435: 427: 398: 381: 326: 291: 274: 253: 242: 238: 213: 175: 161: 48:& salt. 45: 43: 31: 28: 472:Weak delete 384:As per nom. 106:Piotr Blass 64:Piotr Blass 480:PMAnderson 413:, fails. 364:Salix alba 262:Salix alba 440:Pete.Hurd 415:Dolphin51 340:Pete.Hurd 409:, fails 405:, fails 327:question 156:View log 407:WP:PROF 310:WP:PROF 299:WP:PROF 292:Neutral 279:Buridan 198:Undeath 184:Undeath 123:protect 118:history 50:Rjd0060 457:Crusio 428:delete 403:WP:BIO 399:Delete 382:Delete 176:Delete 151:delete 127:delete 46:Delete 314:Nsk92 154:) – ( 144:views 136:watch 132:links 16:< 461:talk 444:talk 436:salt 419:talk 390:talk 368:talk 344:talk 318:talk 283:talk 266:talk 229:talk 214:Note 202:talk 188:talk 180:WP:N 140:logs 114:talk 110:edit 54:talk 256:by 241:or 220:. 474:. 463:) 446:) 421:) 392:) 370:) 346:) 331:DR 320:) 285:) 268:) 231:) 204:) 190:) 182:. 142:| 138:| 134:| 130:| 125:| 121:| 116:| 112:| 56:) 459:( 442:( 417:( 388:( 374:. 366:( 342:( 316:( 281:( 264:( 227:( 223:— 200:( 186:( 158:) 148:( 146:) 108:( 52:(

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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion
deletion review
Rjd0060
talk
20:00, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Piotr Blass
Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass
Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass (2nd nomination)
Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass (Second nomination)
Articles for deletion/Piotr Blass (third nomination)
Knowledge (XXG):Deletion_review/Log/2007_January_24#Piotr_Blass
Piotr Blass
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
delete
View log
Ten Pound Hammer
05:14, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
WP:N
Undeath
talk
05:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Undeath

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