Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Mathematics
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Mathematics
[edit]- Continuous binomial distribution (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I proposed this for deletion with the following rationale: "There are two references in the article. One of them does not appear to support any information in the article, and does not seem to mention the article subject. The other is a brand-new research article that seems to claim the subject of this article as a new coinage. I was unable to find other sources on this topic. This, it appears to be a neologism that does not have widespread acceptance, and it is too soon to support a Wikipedia article on this subject until more secondary literature exists." The prod was removed by Statisticsresearcher who left a message on the talkpage that IMO does not address this concern and offers an unconvincing case for notability. --JBL (talk) 00:19, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related AfD discussions. --JBL (talk) 00:19, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
- Initial contributor here; Thank you for raising these concerns. I've revised the introduction and added two references documenting earlier appearances of the underlying distribution. I hope these additions help clarify its historical background. Bayesianism (talk) 02:34, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
- As far as this article seems able to establish, there is ONE paper using this newly coined term. The assertion that studies in 1955 and 1969 are describing the same distribution is, itself, not cited to anything, so seems to be WP:OR: we have nothing except the article author's word that these are the same distribution. (Not saying that the author is wrong! I don't have enough skill to evaluate the claim and one of the papers is paywalled for me. But a secondary source is really needed here, because Wikipedia editors in general shouldn't be doing this kind of analysis, only reporting about reliable sources that have done it.)
- Delete as this is WP:TOOSOON until someone has actually written about it in a review paper or other secondary source. M kuhner (talk) 07:24, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you for your input. I've revised the article to clarify the historical connection to Bates (1955) is also noted in Lee et al. (2026), not a claim made by wiki editors. Bayesianism (talk) 09:29, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
- Merge into Continuous Bernoulli distribution. The continuous Bernoulli distribution is a special case of the continuous binomial with dispersion 1, and continuous binomial arises from adding a dispersion parameter to continuous Bernoulli in a systematic way. Given this direct relationship, a section in the existing article would preserve relevant information while addressing notability concern. For an example of an article taking similar approach, see Multivariate Laplace distribution, which covers both symmetric and asymmetric extensions. Statisticsresearcher (talk) 14:46, 7 November 2026 (UTC)
- Delete for the novelty and shallowness-of-sourcing concerns raised above. Merging material with inadequate referencing would just worsen the problem by make an existing, more visible article weaker. Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction (talk) 16:22, 8 November 2026 (UTC)
Mathematics proposed deletions
[edit]- Lifted-product code (via WP:PROD on 9 November 2026)
- Continuous binomial distribution (via WP:PROD on 1 November 2026)