Deletion of Kareem Amin

Comment: I feel we should keep this for a few  reasons that suggest we should give a good bit longer time to establish notability.  Amin worked pre-1990 which means that his work is less likely to be readily and easily documented on the Internet. Amin was Kazakh which means far fewer likely English-language sources.  Finally, persecution by the Soviets clearly affected his professional career, meaning both that he may be less notable than he otherwise would have been, but also that it may simply be harder to track down sources about him.  He had some scholarly relationship with Kolmogorov which is a big deal, so, I would suggest that we give him the benefit of the doubt and tag it needing more reliable sources. I pinged the mathematicians project to see what they have to say or if they want to take this one under their wing
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Systemic bias (WP:CSB)

Comment: subject not notable for (English) Wikipedia. Additionally, the entry contains opinionated and poorly documented statements of political nature (referring to "persecution") that are inherently non-encyclopaedic. The article itself is weasly on whether he actually ''published'' any mathematical works, but the main bibliographical databases for mathematics literature, Math Reviews, Zenralblatt der Mathematik, and  Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik do not contain any references to him. This is a strong indication that he does not have any mathematical notability (most Russian mathemaics publications are covered by Jahrbuch pre 1942 and by Zbl and MR since 1940; one can also consult "Реферативный журнал. Математика" for Russian publications after 1952, but it's besides the point, cf. below). Taken by itself, having written letters to Kolmogorov would be a preposterous ground for claiming notability: for example, thousands of Fermatists had written letters to David Hilbert|Hilbert with a purported proof of the Fermat's last theorem. Moreover, it appears that mathematics editors have a rather high standard of notability for mathematicians, and having published just any work is not considered sufficient for inclusion. If Kazakh wikipedia had an article on Amin, we could have used it to clarify the situation, although in the absence of any mention of a person in secondary English language sources, (s)he would still fail the |notability test for the English edition of Wikipedia. (Sadly, it appears that the Kazakh wikipedia at present does not even have an article on Mathematics; it would be quite some time before it can be consulted for biographical details on mathematicians who lived and died decades ago
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)