Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van Flandern–Yang hypothesis

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The result was delete. Sandstein 09:46, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Van Flandern–Yang hypothesis

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This article is part of the following group of articles that I have all nomination for deletion (individually):

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 14:25, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:30, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Split up the request, since most of the pages appear to have adequate sourcing from secondary publications, with the possible exceptions of Fowler–Yang equations (2 sources, one of which is Yang), and Van Flandern–Yang hypothesis (4 sources, 3 of which are Yang). Circular citations happen in academia, especially in very specialized areas. Nevertheless, they count as secondary sources. ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 14:52, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
These are already 6 separate nominations. I'll clarify my nomination to make that more clear. —Ruud 15:43, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Nothing on this topic found on Google scholar. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:27, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I found that the 1st and 3rd hit on google scholar were this article from sources other than wikipedia. One is the APS website, which has an article, but I don't have access to. I think a nomination to delete should be withdrawn if the evidence is incorrect. StarHOG (talk) 13:58, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:20, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I find nothing meeting our notability requirements either. Doug Weller talk 13:39, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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