Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Grosshans
He is certainly highly established within his field (algebraic groups and invariant theory), has done some important work on Hilbert's fourteenth problem and, of course, wrote a few well regarded books. But I would like to see a broad and systematic discussion of notability vs academic merit and the criteria for inclusion into Wikipedia take place. I have recently raised this issue at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panos Papasoglu which, unfortunately, was improperly closed before anyone had a chance to respond. In brief, absent secondary sources (prize citations, festschrifts and anniversary articles, interviews), it seems doubtful to me that scientific merit alone justifies the creation of a biographical article. Let us not forget that |Wikipedia is not "Who is who in mathematics
— User:Arcfrk, 03:10, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
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