Talk:Thomas Jones (mathematician)

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[edit] Notability

I do not believe this article establishes its subject's notability. At present its only important assertion of notability is that the subject was a mentor of Adam Sedgwick. Although a "professor with a particularly well-known student may be notable for this reason alone", they must be the primary influence on said student (vide WP:PROF). It seems this is not the case, and that Sedgwick was influenced significantly by at least one other – John Dawson (surgeon). If notability cannot be established within a week or so, I intend to submit this article, along with John Cranke and Dawson, to AFD.--cj | talk 01:05, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Dear Cyberjunkie, Notice that this guy's notability as a priest is probably higher than his activities as a mathematician. The guy obviously made an impact at his time, both as a priest & mathematician, as he has a bust erected at Trinity College and futhermore he made it into the Dictionary of National Biography. I am rather busy and need more time than just a week to tease out more notable details of his life. This week time limit does no allow the collaborative nature of wikipedia to work its magic. Best regards, bunix 20:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi again Bunzil. Thank you for being so respectful; I realise that I am probably being a pain about this. However, I really can't see that Jones is notable; of course, that doesn't mean he isn't, but the article doesn't make a case either. I'll retract the week time limit, but I hope to see some improvement soon. If there isn't after a reasonable period, I'll look towards AFD again. Thanks,--cj | talk 12:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Dear Cyberjunkie, I have just been reading about the history of Trinity College and it seems that you have to be pretty notable to have a bust erected there! This guy obviously made an impact otherwise they wouldn't go to the trouble of making a statue of him :-) Also to get into the Dictionary of National Biography is notable. Best regards, bunix 21:37, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

He's in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Common guys, what more do you want? I've added a reference. 192.43.227.18 05:38, 28 April 2007 (UTC)