The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete.  Sandstein  06:38, 14 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Fowler–Yang equations (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log · Stats)

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This article is part of the following group of articles that I have all nomination for deletion (individually):

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bat algorithm
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cuckoo search
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Firefly algorithm
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flower pollination algorithm
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fowler–Yang equations
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van Flandern–Yang hypothesis
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eagle strategy

These article all detail research done by Xin-She Yang. All suffer from the following problems:

• Most citations include Yang as one of the authors (i.e. are primary).
• Citations numbers of the article look superficially impressive, but include many self-citations and even reek of a citation circle.
• Articles have been created by Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Metafun, why likely is Yang himself.
• I could not find any respectable overview books and articles describing this work as considered relevant in the field. — Ruud 14:26, 15 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 14:30, 16 July 2016 (UTC) reply

• Delete. Nothing found on Google scholar. The primary sources has ~50 citations, a respectable number, but without other people using the same name for these equations it is difficult to tell whether those citations are even related to this article's subject, or whether they cite it for something else. — David Eppstein ( talk) 17:26, 16 July 2016 (UTC) reply

• Delete I could not find sources independent of Fowler or Yang that looked at these equations in depth, and found no secondary sources using the term "Fowler-Yang equations". Without independent in depth sources, this topic fails notability thresholds per WP:GNG. -- Mark viking ( talk) 09:00, 6 August 2016 (UTC) reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.