Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Algayer

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The result was delete. Sr 13 00:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Algayer[edit]

Contested prod. Non-notable teacher. Similar set of contributors to fellow AfD candidate Stewart Thomas‎. --Finngall ^talk 20:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

delete Notability as a high school teacher could conceivably come from research or writing, though it's very rare in the US (but see Frank McCourt). It could more likely come from prominence in professional affairs at a public level; I think we probably do not have many examples here, and we really ought to. Butt here's no real show of it here--at least not yet. DGG 20:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This article is weak. I am from the same area as Mr. Algayer and I have heard of him, but he doesn't seem that notable. He is not a region-wide notable person such as another article on this site, Stewart Thomas. Algayer has done some research and study of math, but not that much.MrMustard92 00:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC) R. Morgan[reply]
Delete No claim to notability, instead we have vacuitities such as "He is noted for the expertise he shows in solving equations using logarithms." C'mon. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 04:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 01:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong KeepJason Algayer is awesome. I have read so much about him. Guys c'mon he is the best mathematician ever.Sthomas101 18:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC)— Sthomas101 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
Delete. This is so clear a fail of WP:PROF that I'd rather talk about a different problem with the article: the references. They consist of two school-level books, one on trigonometry and one on the history of mathematics, that neither are used to justify any claim in the article nor are mentioned in the article itself. Normally my reaction to bad references would be to judge the article on what the references could be made to look like if only someone put some effort into it, but such egregiously bad referencing deserves special note, I think. —David Eppstein 03:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep; RS via google are non-existant. However without access to the two books listed as references, its hard to conclude that RS are a problem. Only one of the books is in Worldcat. John Vandenberg 03:56, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think could be in those books that would save the article? They do not appear to have been written by Algayer, and are on subjects that, if Algayer were a major contributor to, would be much better documented. At best I expect a trivial mention of the form that Algayer suggested some formulation. I think it's fair to judge by sources we can dig up ourselves, not just the ones already in the article, but am much less comfortable speculating about the contents of not-easily-viewed sources. —David Eppstein 04:06, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No mention of any significant academic works published, nor can be easily found. Two textbook references are unlikely to have any significant content about him. Hence not notable.--Kylohk 09:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nonnotable high school teacher. Item 2 under "References" is, in part, available at Google Books, and Algayer is not entered in the index. I have a feeling that the two "references" are books A. uses in his classes, not books to which he contributed. Deor 15:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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