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Just at the time time Yitang Zhang becomes famous, his PhD advisor creates a document to express his regrets (eg, "Sometimes I regreted not fixing him a job", "He never came back to me requesting recommendation letters"). Is his PhD advisor's self-serving damage control worthy of inclusion in this article on Zhang? Angry bee ( talk) 17:00, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I have not been able to find out when Dr. Zhang joined the faculty at the University of New Hampshire. That seems like a basic fact that needs to be included. LineChaser ( talk) 14:29, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
A user with an ip 98.222.194.101 possibly from Purdue undid many lines including Professor Moh's recall. I've recover the well-sourced, reliable content from this vandalism. SummerRat ( talk) 04:06, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Please stick to the truth. Some users are using this page for personal attack, which violates the rules of Wikipedia as a free and accurate encyclopedia. Do not damage the encyclopedia's reputation for your own grudges. Let nobody stray from the facts and the truth. Integrity2013 ( talk) 03:32, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
An IP 207.38.164.93 (Astoria, New York) edited the article and changed it to contain a biased line. The line goes as follows: "since his proof was based on a lemma by Zhang's thesis advisor, Professor Tzuong-Tsieng Moh which was later found to be incorrect." This line is an accusation and is not fact-based. Please don't make the same mistake twice. Integrity2013 ( talk) 00:07, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv ( talk) 11:09, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Zhang Yitang → Yitang Zhang – Google search results for "Yitang Zhang"=~52,000 [1]. Search results for "Zhang Yitang"=~6,500 [2]. The former ordering clearly predominates. More importantly, this is the ordering used in Bounded gaps between primes [3], which is the work he's actually known for. We should match that name ordering. 168.12.253.66 ( talk) 21:14, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Does this article possibly have a BLP1E issue? FrankDev ( talk) 14:18, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Can anyone suggest how to cite the Cole Prize award? The prize booklet ( [4] p. 7). says:
Yitang Zhang, and Daniel Goldston, János Pintz, and Cem Y. Yıldırım
The 2014 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory is awarded to Yitang Zhang for his work on bounded gaps between primes, and to Daniel Goldston, János Pintz, and Cem Y. Yıldırım for their work on small gaps between primes. This work appeared in two papers: Yitang Zhang, “Bounded gaps between primes,” Ann. of Math. (2) (to appear); and Daniel Goldston, János Pintz, and Cem Y. Yıldırım, “Primes in tuples. I.” Ann. of Math. (2) 170 (2009), no. 2, 819–862.
suggesting there was one prize shared between 4 people. But there were two separate press releases, one for Zhang and one for GPY, suggesting two separate prizes. Either way, saying just "Z. won the 2014 Cole Prize" doesn't seem accurate.
50.0.121.102 ( talk) 04:33, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory", corroborating one award. Ljosil, do you have some info saying otherwise? I'm going to mention GPY as co-recipients based on the above. Re-revert if you really have to (or find some better phrasing) but I'd appreciate knowing what's going on. 50.0.121.102 ( talk) 21:22, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
His promotion seems to have come through (redacted) though the math dept faculty page [5] still says lecturer. The Cole Prize citation mentions the promotion. Update the article, or wait? 50.0.121.102 ( talk) 05:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
The latest issue of The New Yorker (2/2/15) has an article on Zhang. Choor monster ( talk) 19:25, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Frontier2015 made a number of edits to the article. One of them mentions the quote about Yitang Zhang's advisor not finding him jobs was translated incorrectly, but I don't see any source or reason to believe that. I reverted that change. I also reverted some of the wording about Yiteng being unknown to the mathematical community, because that is a highly relevant part of his biography, and mentioned in several of the sources. 71.255.245.25 ( talk) 01:57, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
This is a small response in reply to the previous guy. it's likely to be a fanatic of one of the sides. I have followed the media since Zhang's reputation took flight. there are some worshippers on Zhang's side of the isle who aren't really nice at all. I'm putting this out there because it's probably one of his fans trying to cause problems.
After reading edits, it seemed there was some weird wording that wasn't important with his reputation. Some hyperbolic things that seem more praising than relevant to his life. check the edits again if you want, but i think these previous guys have had reason to do this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heysoulsist3r4636XD ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
I'll add this to my watch list and look at future changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yorkenshire1987 ( talk • contribs) 01:35, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
Hey guys. I'm not an old face of whatever vandalism/drama happened before. As a math undergrad, our professor brought up the recent discovery. I took a peek into the Wikipedia page and all of the history surrounding it and I thought I'd help out. I'd appreciate it if you, Soulparadox, and others wouldn't toss grains of prejudice on my name. Also, it seems you've removed a sourced statement. That seems counter to what Wikipedia does, which is source it's words. Remove a few words, sure, that can be justified. Removing a reliable source? You can't possibly justify that to a practical level.
I highly doubt an old man like Professor Moh would deal with a Wikipedia page. Professors know where the immediately credible info is, and Wikipedia's name doesn't carry that connotation.
You, Soulparadox, claim that these two are not native English speakers due to their diction. I read it over. I don't see anything that tells me they're not native speakers. Maybe some rough English but minimal at that. It's really presumptuous of you to say and think that. Honestly, very troll-like. You also claim that my name is mimicking a user named C1cada. My name is based off of Cr1ken, a YouTube publisher. Please stop with the fake Sherlock-like "deductions". Don't claim to be The Guy. You're far from it.
Addendum 1: I read more edits and talks. You guys really think these guys are Moh? There's a higher chance it's some trying to 1) have fun by making trouble 2) smear his name, which would make Yitang's party more likely. I don't get why you guys are doing this. Some of these accounts had decent edits, like removing statements that were obviously biased/scurrilous. Chew on that one, then you guys tell me how it tastes.
Cr1cken119 ( talk) 21:20, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
The article erroneously says Zhang works at Santa Barbara. Zhang still works at University of New Hampshire. He is my supervisor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.175.214.177 ( talk) 23:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
According to the UNH math/stat faculty listing, Zhang is currently a professor at UNH. According to the UNH course listings, Zhang is teaching introductory calculus this semester, Fall 2015, at UNH.
According to the UCSB math department faculty listing, Zhang is presently not affiliated with UCSB. According to UCSB course listings, Zhang is not teaching any math courses for Fall 2015, graduate or undergraduate.
Yes, Zhang is listed at UCSB new science faculty. According to The Daily Nexus, UCSB's student paper, Zhang was invited and accepted a position at UCSB, and is joining the faculty this fall. Nevertheless, as the above links show, the UCSB math department seems to be unaware that he has joined their faculty, and the UNH math department seems to think he is still present, and that he is actually teaching this semester. Choor monster ( talk) 16:34, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
It looks like you are personally aware of what Zhang told or did not tell UCSB, as rather than citing any reliable news reference, you are only giving your own opinion. Agreed that Zhang doesn't show up on UCSB math dept yet. But the news that his appointment at UCSB was announced should be a part of his bio. It is from two news sources that you yourself mentioned. Vizziee ( talk) 11:45, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Guys where was Zhang appointed at for his professorship? Don'tcha think this is kind of important?
Whoever finds it just put it into the opening paragraph. Kudos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YouKnowWhatSucks?BadGrammar! ( talk • contribs) 16:25, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
another reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.208.85 ( talk) 14:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
A fact from Yitang Zhang appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know column on 29 May 2013 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Just at the time time Yitang Zhang becomes famous, his PhD advisor creates a document to express his regrets (eg, "Sometimes I regreted not fixing him a job", "He never came back to me requesting recommendation letters"). Is his PhD advisor's self-serving damage control worthy of inclusion in this article on Zhang? Angry bee ( talk) 17:00, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I have not been able to find out when Dr. Zhang joined the faculty at the University of New Hampshire. That seems like a basic fact that needs to be included. LineChaser ( talk) 14:29, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
A user with an ip 98.222.194.101 possibly from Purdue undid many lines including Professor Moh's recall. I've recover the well-sourced, reliable content from this vandalism. SummerRat ( talk) 04:06, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
Please stick to the truth. Some users are using this page for personal attack, which violates the rules of Wikipedia as a free and accurate encyclopedia. Do not damage the encyclopedia's reputation for your own grudges. Let nobody stray from the facts and the truth. Integrity2013 ( talk) 03:32, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
An IP 207.38.164.93 (Astoria, New York) edited the article and changed it to contain a biased line. The line goes as follows: "since his proof was based on a lemma by Zhang's thesis advisor, Professor Tzuong-Tsieng Moh which was later found to be incorrect." This line is an accusation and is not fact-based. Please don't make the same mistake twice. Integrity2013 ( talk) 00:07, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv ( talk) 11:09, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Zhang Yitang → Yitang Zhang – Google search results for "Yitang Zhang"=~52,000 [1]. Search results for "Zhang Yitang"=~6,500 [2]. The former ordering clearly predominates. More importantly, this is the ordering used in Bounded gaps between primes [3], which is the work he's actually known for. We should match that name ordering. 168.12.253.66 ( talk) 21:14, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Does this article possibly have a BLP1E issue? FrankDev ( talk) 14:18, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Can anyone suggest how to cite the Cole Prize award? The prize booklet ( [4] p. 7). says:
Yitang Zhang, and Daniel Goldston, János Pintz, and Cem Y. Yıldırım
The 2014 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory is awarded to Yitang Zhang for his work on bounded gaps between primes, and to Daniel Goldston, János Pintz, and Cem Y. Yıldırım for their work on small gaps between primes. This work appeared in two papers: Yitang Zhang, “Bounded gaps between primes,” Ann. of Math. (2) (to appear); and Daniel Goldston, János Pintz, and Cem Y. Yıldırım, “Primes in tuples. I.” Ann. of Math. (2) 170 (2009), no. 2, 819–862.
suggesting there was one prize shared between 4 people. But there were two separate press releases, one for Zhang and one for GPY, suggesting two separate prizes. Either way, saying just "Z. won the 2014 Cole Prize" doesn't seem accurate.
50.0.121.102 ( talk) 04:33, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory", corroborating one award. Ljosil, do you have some info saying otherwise? I'm going to mention GPY as co-recipients based on the above. Re-revert if you really have to (or find some better phrasing) but I'd appreciate knowing what's going on. 50.0.121.102 ( talk) 21:22, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
His promotion seems to have come through (redacted) though the math dept faculty page [5] still says lecturer. The Cole Prize citation mentions the promotion. Update the article, or wait? 50.0.121.102 ( talk) 05:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
The latest issue of The New Yorker (2/2/15) has an article on Zhang. Choor monster ( talk) 19:25, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Frontier2015 made a number of edits to the article. One of them mentions the quote about Yitang Zhang's advisor not finding him jobs was translated incorrectly, but I don't see any source or reason to believe that. I reverted that change. I also reverted some of the wording about Yiteng being unknown to the mathematical community, because that is a highly relevant part of his biography, and mentioned in several of the sources. 71.255.245.25 ( talk) 01:57, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
This is a small response in reply to the previous guy. it's likely to be a fanatic of one of the sides. I have followed the media since Zhang's reputation took flight. there are some worshippers on Zhang's side of the isle who aren't really nice at all. I'm putting this out there because it's probably one of his fans trying to cause problems.
After reading edits, it seemed there was some weird wording that wasn't important with his reputation. Some hyperbolic things that seem more praising than relevant to his life. check the edits again if you want, but i think these previous guys have had reason to do this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heysoulsist3r4636XD ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
I'll add this to my watch list and look at future changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yorkenshire1987 ( talk • contribs) 01:35, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
Hey guys. I'm not an old face of whatever vandalism/drama happened before. As a math undergrad, our professor brought up the recent discovery. I took a peek into the Wikipedia page and all of the history surrounding it and I thought I'd help out. I'd appreciate it if you, Soulparadox, and others wouldn't toss grains of prejudice on my name. Also, it seems you've removed a sourced statement. That seems counter to what Wikipedia does, which is source it's words. Remove a few words, sure, that can be justified. Removing a reliable source? You can't possibly justify that to a practical level.
I highly doubt an old man like Professor Moh would deal with a Wikipedia page. Professors know where the immediately credible info is, and Wikipedia's name doesn't carry that connotation.
You, Soulparadox, claim that these two are not native English speakers due to their diction. I read it over. I don't see anything that tells me they're not native speakers. Maybe some rough English but minimal at that. It's really presumptuous of you to say and think that. Honestly, very troll-like. You also claim that my name is mimicking a user named C1cada. My name is based off of Cr1ken, a YouTube publisher. Please stop with the fake Sherlock-like "deductions". Don't claim to be The Guy. You're far from it.
Addendum 1: I read more edits and talks. You guys really think these guys are Moh? There's a higher chance it's some trying to 1) have fun by making trouble 2) smear his name, which would make Yitang's party more likely. I don't get why you guys are doing this. Some of these accounts had decent edits, like removing statements that were obviously biased/scurrilous. Chew on that one, then you guys tell me how it tastes.
Cr1cken119 ( talk) 21:20, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
The article erroneously says Zhang works at Santa Barbara. Zhang still works at University of New Hampshire. He is my supervisor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.175.214.177 ( talk) 23:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
According to the UNH math/stat faculty listing, Zhang is currently a professor at UNH. According to the UNH course listings, Zhang is teaching introductory calculus this semester, Fall 2015, at UNH.
According to the UCSB math department faculty listing, Zhang is presently not affiliated with UCSB. According to UCSB course listings, Zhang is not teaching any math courses for Fall 2015, graduate or undergraduate.
Yes, Zhang is listed at UCSB new science faculty. According to The Daily Nexus, UCSB's student paper, Zhang was invited and accepted a position at UCSB, and is joining the faculty this fall. Nevertheless, as the above links show, the UCSB math department seems to be unaware that he has joined their faculty, and the UNH math department seems to think he is still present, and that he is actually teaching this semester. Choor monster ( talk) 16:34, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
It looks like you are personally aware of what Zhang told or did not tell UCSB, as rather than citing any reliable news reference, you are only giving your own opinion. Agreed that Zhang doesn't show up on UCSB math dept yet. But the news that his appointment at UCSB was announced should be a part of his bio. It is from two news sources that you yourself mentioned. Vizziee ( talk) 11:45, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
Guys where was Zhang appointed at for his professorship? Don'tcha think this is kind of important?
Whoever finds it just put it into the opening paragraph. Kudos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YouKnowWhatSucks?BadGrammar! ( talk • contribs) 16:25, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
another reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.208.85 ( talk) 14:44, 18 October 2020 (UTC)