Talk:Po-Shen Loh

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Date	Process	Result
December 25, 2017	Articles for deletion	Kept
September 3, 2023	Peer review	Reviewed

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A different method to solve any quadratic equation ...

I just added a Talk section to Equation solving related to this guy so whoever is editing this page might want to check it out and include that material here also if appropriate. The problem here of course is the material I link to is a primary and self-published source so secondary source (reaction?) articles will need to be found on the matter for this page. Talk:Equation_solving#Po-Shen_Loh:_A_different_method_to_solve_any_quadratic_equation_combining_steps_from_Greek,_Babylonian,_and_Vieta's_methods. 172.88.130.119 (talk) 14:05, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Putnam score

Anyone know what Po-Shen Loh got on the Putnam. He teaches a course it would be good information to have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.174.70.235 (talk) 05:15, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removing advertising to make content encyclopedic (not a personal web page)

This page featured nearly an entire paragraph on Dr. Loh's Youtube channel, including times that viewers should tune in for live streams and information about Q&A Sessions on the live streams. This is an encyclopedia article, not Dr. Loh's personal webpage. It should not be a space for advertising his videos. While I'm sure they are excellent, that information should be posted on other platforms. A Youtube channel with fewer than 20,000 subscribers does not warrant a mention in a Wikipedia article without good reason ("the videos explain math in an accessible way," while an admirable quality, does not suffice). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moses.hetfield (talk • contribs) 17:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge from NOVID (app)

Material was merged here on 29 April 2023 from NOVID (app) after discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NOVID (app). The history of that text can be found at the redirect NOVID (app). –jacobolus (t) 15:45, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources that I cut that might still have useful information

Many of the sources previously used in this article didn't meet the guidelines of WP:RS (e.g. podcasts, blog posts, personal web pages, Loh's CV, ...). Others seemed redundant to make the particular claims they were cited for. I pared the list back quite a bit (and a couple of the remaining sources still seem a bit questionable), but a few of the sources removed might still be useful for verifying claims in this article or new claims which could be added:

"AP PHOTO:". Chippewa Herald. 1999-03-23. Retrieved 2023-06-19. (An associated press story about Loh as a young math prodigy)
"They're No. 1: U.S. Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. July 18, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
Tyre, Peg (March 2016). "The Math Revolution". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

Hopefully by condensing sections and eliminating some parts that felt fluffy (especially vague quotations) it doesn't seem like I'm stepping on your toes, @Prodraxis. I know you've been working hard on this one. I just don't want readers to come away feeling like they were getting a marketing pitch or hagiography. –jacobolus (t) 07:50, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A couple other sources that might be useful:

Ben-Ari, Mordechai (2022). "7. Solving Quadratic Equations". Mathematical Surprises. Springer. pp. 73–87. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-13566-8_7.
Su, Francis Edward (2017). "Mathematics for Human Flourishing". The American Mathematical Monthly. 124 (6): 483–493. doi:10.4169/amer.math.monthly.124.6.483. (Su makes note of Loh inviting other countries to participate in the US IMO training)

–jacobolus (t) 09:27, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll make sure to check this out. I'm pretty new to content work in general; I'm more used to copyediting and antivandalism, so yeah. Just FYI, I'm feeling a bit Wikibonked due to some real life events right now and may not respond as quickly. — Prodraxis {talk • contribs} (she/her) 14:38, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No hurry. If you want to expand this article further, my recommendation would be to try to find and summarize sources discussing Loh's methods/strategies as a problem-solving teacher and coach, which is probably more relevant and interesting to most readers than more material about his entrepreneurial projects. Someone could also try to summarize the impact of his mathematical research (I don't know enough about the field to say anything informed about it.) –jacobolus (t) 16:59, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]