Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cyber Mimic Defense

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The result was delete. Missvain (talk) 23:32, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Cyber Mimic Defense

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This page appears to be promotional in nature. It was created in 2017 by an account named MimicT, which suggests a close association to the original researcher, Jianxing Wu. The text praises Wu's cybersecurity theories uncritically and compares them favorably to prior approaches. There are several citations, but they all trace back directly to Jiangxing Wu.

Wu has written an academic book on this subject, so presumably there is some kernel of scholarship to all this. However, the text is written in what appears to be a deliberately obfuscatory style reminiscent of the Sokal affair. I am not a computer security researcher, but I'm a software professional and the co-author of a series of books about system administration, and most of this article reads as gobbledygook to me. It's hard to avoid the impression that Wu set up this page in a bid for academic credentialling. NillaGoon (talk) 22:58, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. NillaGoon (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 23:07, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

• Delete this is word salad. While it's just barely possible the Chinese language references do support notability, I'd want to see that explicitly confirmed by someone who can read them - there's nothing I can find in ENGLISH that supports it. Wu's book (which is available online) is ALSO word salad - I'm puzzled as to how it's on Springer. PianoDan (talk) 21:57, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

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