Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mathematical challenges

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:32, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematical challenges[edit]

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For most of this article's existence since its creation in 2006, it's been unsourced. Now (following an apparent copyvio of some encyclopedia.com article), it's sourced, but just barely. However, this isn't my main concern. Rather, I'm concerned that the article is quite unfocused and off-topic. It veers between math problems given in school, math competitions, and open conjectures, with no particular attention given to each. Since these topics are quite disparate and have little in common, I don't think there's any way to make this into a proper article, so I suggest deletion. However, I'd be open to replacing this article with a disambiguation page or setindex, or redirecting it somewhere. Duckmather (talk) 19:09, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. Duckmather (talk) 19:09, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Unsourced, rambling essay that conflates various unrelated topics. Nothing could really be written about this subject without either violating WP:NOTDICT or duplicating the content of other articles. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 02:21, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Disambig, there are a number of notable mathematical challenges as linked in the article. SailingInABathTub ~~🛁~~ 23:49, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Disambig (preferred, if possible) or Delete... the article is really quite disjointed. Not sure there's much saveable other than the list of challenges. ++Lar: t/c 14:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Would anyone volunteer to turn this article into a disambiguation page?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:37, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: it's too ambiguous a term for a disambiguation page. A mathematical "challenge" could be a competition, an unsolved problem or a solved problem. In other words, a mathematical challenge is maths. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, non of the two references makes the case for the article. Cinadon36 00:05, 25 August 2023 (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.