Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Shanks
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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 02:55, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)
note: pending deletion.
Daniel Shanks[edit]
Self-promotion. No general interest whatsoever.
NOTE: Seems there is also a mathemathician of this name, who may warrant an article (I don't know)
- You're not thinking of William Shanks, are you, who calculated pi to 707 places, only 527 of which were accurate, are you? Just asking... Dpbsmith (talk) 19:59, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- No, the timeline of mathematics says:
- 1961 - Daniel Shanks and John Wrench compute π to 100,000 decimal places using an inverse-tangent identity and an IBM-7090 computer,
- Egil 20:10, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- No, the timeline of mathematics says:
- You're not thinking of William Shanks, are you, who calculated pi to 707 places, only 527 of which were accurate, are you? Just asking... Dpbsmith (talk) 19:59, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Egil 16:45, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Delete vanity, not notable yet. Rje 19:18, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Delete as vanity for now. Wyss 21:51, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Delete, not yet noteworthy. Shimeru 23:00, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)
- Delete, not notable. Megan1967 03:35, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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