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Should Wikipedia Allow Mathematical Proofs?

Beetle B. writes "An argument has arisen over whether Wikipedia should allow pages that provide proofs for mathematical theorems (such as this one). On the one hand, Wikipedia is a useful source of information and people can benefit from these proofs. On the other hand, how does one choose which proofs to include and which not to? Should Wikipedia just become a textbook that teaches mathematics? Should it just state the bare results of theorems and not provide proofs (except as external links)? Or should they take an intermediate approach and formulate a criterion for which proofs to include and which to exclude?"

2 of 469 comments (clear)

  1. Why the /? by suso · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't see a problem with it, I just wonder why put the / in the article name the way they do. I understand that its to make a kind of sub page, but why?

  2. There shouldn't be an argument by teslatug · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wikimedia already has another project for this sort of thing. It's called Wikibooks.