Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Simpson (mathematician)

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:58, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Simpson (mathematician)[edit]

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Taught mathematics for 11 years at University of St Andrews, but I am not seeing how she meets WP:GNG or WP:Notability (academic) –CaroleHenson (talk) 16:23, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Mathematics, Scotland, and Women. XOR'easter (talk) 20:25, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No pass of WP:PROF evident, sadly. There's in-depth coverage at the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (footnote 1 of the article), but that's only one source, and as something published at St Andrews about someone at St Andrews its independence is questionable, so it's not enough for WP:GNG. The references cited by MacTutor look to be primary and neither independent nor in-depth, so not themselves usable for GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:37, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not able to see a way to meet WP:NPROF or WP:GNG after some searching. -Kj cheetham (talk) 19:02, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak-ish delete. I normally expect individuals covered by MacTutor to be notable, but I don't think it is necessarily enough on its own. There doesn't look to be much else. I did also find a passing mention in [1] as one of a number of women mathematics faculty in Great Britain in 1934, but I don't think this contributes much. Watching in case better evidence of notability arises -- it appears somewhat more plausible in this case than in the similar one of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaret Boyle. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 19:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:PROF and WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:36, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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