Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kareem Amin
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
— User:Arcfrk, 02:48, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)