Wikipedia:Peer review/Andrew Wiles/archive1

Andrew Wiles[edit]

I am nominating the Andrew Wiles article, because a structure has been created by making sections without content to create a page with lots of information on Wiles' work, and life, what people think of him, his affect. Some sections have been added that have content. I have tried to includee the mathematics of his Taniyama-Shimura work. Timothy Clemans 17:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The TOC is overwhelming. I would get rid of all of the subsections about the announcement of the proof, and just have a single level two heading called "Announcement of the proof". You can still include a little material about the rumors swirling around the Isaac Newton lecture. It would also be good to remove the level three headers from the section on the correction of the manuscript. Put in some text, and I'll have more to say. NatusRoma | Talk 18:18, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for suggestions. They have been very helpful. Timothy Clemans 19:23, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have to do other things. I am trying to improve it. I'll hopefully be able to work on it later. Thanks again for your suggestions. Timothy Clemans 19:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have been able to do a lot of improvements. I am still working on this. There is a lot of writing issues that I have found. Timothy Clemans 22:42, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You've done some good work so far. There are a few things missing from the article: 1) Details about Wiles's youth, besides his interest in mathematics. 2) A description of what he did between graduate school and his work on the Fermat proof. The lead says that he did work on Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer before working on Fermat's last theorem. A short section on that work would be nice. 3) The work on the proof itself, both the process of proving it and some of the mathematics involved. Also, the article is very technical, which is inevitable: be sure to add wikilinks to the articles on the mathematical terms mentioned in Wiles's article. Finally, if you plan to nominate this as a featured article candidate at some point, you will need citations within the text. I'm guessing that you're relying on Simon Singh's book, inter alia: see WP:CITE if you need information on when and how to cite content. NatusRoma | Talk 18:01, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will be able to print some stuff this week and Andrew Wiles article is one of them that I'll print, so I can study it and write some work up and then publish it on the article. Thanks again. Timothy Clemans 19:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]