Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Kay Tipton

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 of the debate was KEEP. MarkSweep (call me collect) 07:57, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Kay Tipton

Found while cleaning out CSDs. No vote. Titoxd^(?!?) 03:42, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Only 3 google hits and none made any direct mention of Kay Tipton. A vanity perhaps.--Dakota
• Keep Kay Tipton is an outstanding mathematics educator who single-handedly over 30 years developed the greatest high school math program in the United States. Her importance cannot be overlooked and it is imperitive that she be honored with her own article on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.73.199 (talk • contribs)

Can you back that claim up with sources? Also, what makes you say that program is the greatest? - Mgm|^(talk) 10:22, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. This person is non-notable.  Denelson83  04:24, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete again. I thought that Denelson83 had already deleted this. CambridgeBayWeather 06:08, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. Tipton is well known within the local community and within the national Mu Alpha Theta community. The Vestavia Hills High School math teams do excel (See the school article). The claim of "greatest high school math program in the US" is an overstatement. All in all, I'd say that the article does establish some notability, barely at the threshold set by precedent at WP:BIO, but that you could make a stronger case for leaving this information in the VHHS article. Dystopos 15:10, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. As usual, no deletion required. A verifiable, factual and neutral article can be written. She has, in fact, been honored by the Mathematics Association of America, and the Alabama State Legislature, among others. Google is not everything. Trollderella 17:56, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Query: How much more notable a high school calculus teacher can you find? She has tons of rather prominent awards and 35 yrs of dedicated work at her school. Not going to argue that all high school teachers need an article. But one who rises above and sets a standard (as this teacher verifiably has done) probably deserves an article here.—Gaff ^ταλκ 20:42, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
• Kept. Of course Kay Tipton is a notable person. She is an outstanding mathematics educator, as shown by her many awards and recognitions. Her inspiration has rekindled an interest in mathematics at VHHS, formerly one of the most hated subjects in school. She is a legend both in the high school math community of the American Southeast and in the Mu Alpha Theta national honor society. Under her guidance, the VHHS math team has been national champions about fifteen times out of twenty at the Mu Alpha Theta National Convention. It is absurd to think that just because someone is not on Google numerous times, then he or she is not notable; Google is not always correct about academia. Wan726

"The team has earned 15 first-place and 2 second-place finishes in their 17 National Mu Alpha Theta Convention competitions." Epi14159

• Keep. She's definitely contributing much to this country. She sets the standard for what people should call as "mathematics," almost forgotten at this modern age of stupidity. She definitely is a notable person, and the claim that google comes important to setting the standard of who-is-important is absurd. We ought to look more into significance rather than popularity.Yanisu7 preceding comment made by User:70.251.7.127 and not User:Yanisu7. CambridgeBayWeather 00:41, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Based on research, she's definitely noteworthy to be on Wikipedia. Vestavia Math team was deemed in the Seattle Times to be the US top public school math team. Her students are the only students to represent Alabama in the AIME to USAMO qualifications. Google isn't everything. Also, the article is basically neutral and indifferent. No need to take it off.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.165.8.225 (talk • contribs) only edit to Wikipedia. CambridgeBayWeather 00:41, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable person. Carioca 01:19, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, but the POV language in the article really should go. -- SCZenz 03:08, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. It's gone. Dystopos 22:46, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. For anyone who has ever hit random article at Wikipedia and seen something completely useless and non-deserving an article, you can identify with this. Don't you all want legit articles to be on Wikipedia? This is a notable, distinguished person, certainly deserving of an article. Space certainly isn't at a premium here, I see absolutely no reason to remove this article. User:DianeTeer

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.