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Differentiable vector–valued functions from Euclidean space

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Differentiable vector–valued functions from Euclidean space has interrelated issues. I'm not able to find other sources than the sole one that the article cites (F. Trèves' book on topological vector spaces). I think inasmuch as it is different from just, multivariable differential calculus, it is not a notable topic—in that sense, it may be seen a content fork, where the page is about an obscure TVS approach to a well-known topic that probably doesn't merit coverage on the article about the latter. It is also written in WP:NOTTEXTBOOK-like style, quite closesly paraphrasing Trèves. For example, the portion starting at Differentiable vector–valued functions from Euclidean space#Space of Ck functions corresponds tightly to the portion of Trèves starting at Notation 40.1; see excerpts below:

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Suppose $\Omega _{1}\subseteq \Omega _{2}\subseteq \cdots$ is a sequence of relatively compact open subsets of $\Omega$ whose union is $\Omega$ and that satisfy ${\overline {\Omega _{i}}}\subseteq \Omega _{i+1}$ for all $i.$ Suppose that $\left(V_{\alpha }\right)_{\alpha \in A}$ is a basis of neighborhoods of the origin in $Y.$ Then for any integer $\ell <k+1,$ the sets: ${\mathcal {U}}_{i,\ell ,\alpha }:=\left\{f\in C^{k}(\Omega ;Y):\left(\partial /\partial p\right)^{q}f(p)\in U_{\alpha }{\text{ for all }}p\in \Omega _{i}{\text{ and all }}q\in \mathbb {N} ^{n},|q|\leq \ell \right\}$ form a basis of neighborhoods of the origin for $C^{k}(\Omega ;Y)$ as $i,$ $\ell ,$ and $\alpha \in A$ vary in all possible ways.

Trèves:

Consider a sequence $\Omega _{1}\subset \Omega _{2}\subset \dots \subset \Omega _{j}\subset \dots$ of relatively compact open subsets of $Y$ whose union is equal to $Y$ , an arbitrary integer $l<k+1$ , a basis of neighborhoods of zero in $E$ , [namely] $\{U_{\alpha }\}$ . As $j,l$ and $\alpha$ vary in all possible ways, the subsets of $C^{k}(Y;E)$ , ${\mathcal {U}}_{j,l,\alpha }=\left\{{\underline {f}}:\left(\partial /\partial y\right)^{q}{\underline {f}}(y)\in U_{\alpha }{\text{ for all }}y\in \Omega _{j}{\text{ and all }}q\in \mathbb {N} ^{n},|q|\leq l\right\},$ form a basis of neighborhoods of zero for the $C^{k}$ topology.

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Gay Valimont

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Random congressional candidate. WP:NPOL says you don't get a Wikipedia page just for running for office, and I don't see how she meets WP:GNG either. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 02:23, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Mollusc

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Non notable salvage vessel. I am unable to find significant coverage in reliable secondary sources (basically all I get is historicalrfa.uk which even if it met all the criteria for SIGCOV, which I am uncertain on, is only one source). I tagged this for notability a week ago, but the author simply reverted the tag without comment and declined to improve the article any further, leaving me with no choice but AfD. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 02:19, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Also noting that an attempt to draftify on March 1 was promptly reverted without comment by the article's author. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 02:22, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Walter Steinhart

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Stub article on early 20th century motorcyclist who has no WP:SIGCOV beyond brief mentions in a handful of newspaper articles from the 1910s. Fails WP:GNG. MidnightMayhem 01:43, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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YachtWay

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Likely to fail WP:NCORP KH-1 (talk) 01:27, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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List of Bose computer speakers

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An inadequately sourced list of unnoteworthy products. Some information might be able to be merged to List of Bose home audio products, but I don't see enough WP:SIGCOV to merit doing so, and that article is arguably AFD material itself. MidnightMayhem 01:08, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Alexey Zarov

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No doubt a good doctor and hospital administrator, but doesn't reach notability criteria. One reference, and that is from a connected source (his workplace); the arguments in the last AfD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexey Zarov) still hold. Doesn't meet WP:NACADEMIC nor general notability criteria. Klbrain (talk) 00:57, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MilkShake

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Nominated this for speedy deletion but was rejected because one of the former members has a notable page. But beyond that there doesn't appear to be much notability to the girl group. GamerPro64 00:43, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete or merge to Pornnappan Pornpenpipat (the only member with a presence in Wikipedia). The article doesn't cite any sources or offers any indication of notability. Seems that the group has also been disbanded for almost a decade. Paprikaiser (talk) 21:26, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Its probably easier to Merge it. GamerPro64 01:06, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of trails in Brevard County, Florida

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Subject does not appear to have significant, independent coverage of the grouping per the WP:LISTN guidelines, and wikipedia is also WP:NOTGUIDE Let'srun (talk) 00:19, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment I don't see how WP:NOTGUIDE applies; trails are treated the same way as roadways, and they are government facilities. The state has the Florida Greenways and Trails System (FGTS), while coverage on county-level trails would no question have a lot of primary sources. What is the issue with the sources and coverage of the various sources? – The Grid (talk) 12:51, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Jared Alvarado

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No WP:SIGCOV, fails gng. ProtobowlAddict ^uwu! (talk | contributions) 00:46, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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ANSER

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This is an article on a particularly important company, however, it has languished for eight years with only two marginal sources, a situation faced by many B2B and B2G firms. Unfortunately, a thorough WP:BEFORE search fails to find anything that could redeem it, however, this may be frustrated a bit by the non-unique name. I would particularly welcome anyone who can salvage this article and will happily withdraw this nomination if someone can but, I'm afraid, from where I'm sitting right now -- having exhausted a variety of avenues -- deletion is the only realistic outcome. Fails WP:GNG. Chetsford (talk) 00:13, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Leaning keep, or move to draft. I was able to find a reasonable tertiary source (talking more about the president of the entity than the entity itself, but still supporting its history and notability) without too much difficulty on Newspapers.com, which returns enough hits to suggest that sufficient sourcing exists. BD2412 T 17:54, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also returned a lot of hits on newspapers.com. When I started to read individual articles, however, they were on things that were not this company. Chetsford (talk) 17:50, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. If it's "a particularly important company" then it should never have been proposed for deletion! That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:07, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While I would love for us to have a policy or guideline called "Chetsford said it's important", as of now my subjective belief of a person or thing's importance using personal criteria of importance, unfortunately, do not trump our standards to determine WP:N. Perhaps one day that will change. Chetsford (talk) 17:50, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Fails NCORP. First, I found more relevant (but not independent) sources using "Analytic Services Inc". For some reason the title was changed from that (the actual organization name) to ANSER at some distant time. I can find many company announcements and, as they are essentially a gov't contractor, gov't documents that name award amounts. I do not find independent sources. They do military and intelligence contracting so it would be surprising to get independent articles about their work. The 3 sources currently listed cover only a fraction of the content of the article, and none are substantial. (The DIANE one is less than a full page.) Lamona (talk) 03:30, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Jimmy Massallay

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Declined prod. The added source (the only non database one) is just a 1 line mention and not SIGCOV to meet WP:SPORTSCRIT. The only coverage I could find is a lab manager of the same name in Sierra Leone, it could be him but doesn't really add to notability. LibStar (talk) 22:29, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Note that subject qualified for the Olympics in three different events, which is exceptional for a Sierra Leonean athlete. Finding sources is notoriously difficult for these sorts of athletes, but it's clear that Sierra Leonean newspapers do exist and were operational during the 1980s when Massallay would have been covered. The WP:Verifiable information we have indicates that coverage is out there, but it likely isn't digitized. I would at least attempt making a contact request out to some of those papers before !voting delete. --Habst (talk) 00:28, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep broader impact than just participating; see example used in the Swiss national museum regarding to Colonialism and the Olympic Games. 109.38.153.179 (talk) 22:44, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The source mentioning the Swiss National museum [1] is 1 line mention and not SIGCOV. LibStar (talk) 22:47, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless of whether or not the Swiss national museum reference pans out, there are actual Sierra Leonean newspapers that were much more likely to have covered the subject. In addition, we have to consider that the SLAA has a qualification process for Olympic selection and by earning so many event selections, Massallay did go beyond just participation at the nation's trials. I think the case for WP:NEXIST here is unusually strong, so I think the keep vote is justified on those grounds. --Habst (talk) 15:07, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"I think the case for WP:NEXIST here is unusually strong" I think the NEXIST argument is particularly weak and no admin has considered it useful when closing these AfDs. LibStar (talk) 22:59, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, we're both allowed to make our case. Why do you think it's weak? --Habst (talk) 23:05, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This has been stated to you several times, by several editors including admins about the weakness of using NEXIST. I do not need to waste my time arguing here. LibStar (talk) 02:10, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to clarify on "no admin has considered it useful" -- that's not true at all, the NEXIST rationale has been used to close hundreds of AfDs as keep, see for example a list here. --Habst (talk) 12:35, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Any actual examples of athlete AfDs were closed keep with no sources identified? LibStar (talk) 10:34, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You have to sort them by topic or refine the regex, but they are for sure included in that list. (I'm interpreting what you're saying to mean "GNG-indicating sources" because otherwise it wouldn't be applicable in this case anyways because we already have five different WP:V-compliant sources on this subject) --Habst (talk) 12:37, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please provide 5 actual examples of athlete AfDs were closed keep with no sources identified, and NEXIST invoked? LibStar (talk) 00:18, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect per WP:ATD to Sierra Leone at the 1980 Summer Olympics#Athletics - preserves history and gives time to look further for sources. Ingratis (talk) 15:05, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. In keeping with WP:NEXIST, it strikes me as inconceivable that there was no coverage at the time in Sierra Leonian newspapers. Yale’s Sierra Leone collection has several 1980s newspapers from Sierra Leone, and I believe they’re even available for interlibrary loan. Anyone in the USA could request a few of the relevant days. I think the real argument for merge/redirect is WP:PAGEDECIDE. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 06:52, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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St Joseph's Hurling Club

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No WP:SIGCOV, fails WP:GNG. ProtobowlAddict ^uwu! (talk | contributions) 00:38, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Legs (character)

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A minor character in the DC Comics continuity. A search was difficult given the generic name of the character, but no matter what key words I used, the only coverage of Legs I found was in conjunction with Anarky, and only as TRIVIALMENTIONs at that. There is no coverage on this character beyond that, making him a WP:GNG failure. A possible AtD redirect could be to Anarky, who is the character Legs is most strongly associated with. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 00:37, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Bud and Lou

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A pair of minor characters from the DC Comics continuity. Both have very little coverage, and absolutely no SIGCOV I can find barring ROUTINE announcements of returns. A complete failure of GNG. A possible AtD could be to Harley Quinn, given she is their owner. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 00:33, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Dubai Porta Potty

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Non-notable meme, fails GNG. ProtobowlAddict ^uwu! (talk | contributions) 00:31, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Phosphorus Rex

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An incredibly minor character with basically zero reliable, significant coverage I can find. Complete failure of WP:GNG. I do not mind a redirect, but he seems like such a minor character that I'm not sure if he needs to stick around or not. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 00:20, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]