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::The offer stands! (I'm the previously anonymous user from above.) I'll try and put something together, and then hopefully run it past you. My first time editing a Wikipedia article; very exciting. [[User:PatrickKidger|PatrickKidger]] ([[User talk:PatrickKidger|talk]]) 18:01, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
:::First of all, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contribution! I certainly agree that the article needed an update as it lacked novel developments. On the other hand, I am not entirely happy with the changes, for several reasons:
:::* In my opinion, you should avoid adding your own works to WP, as you may very likely be biased with respect to their importance. It is especially true, if your work is not yet published (even if it is accepted to some conference). Even if you think that it is elegant and simplifies the results, you should let others decide. If it is really that good, then it will be eventually added to WP. WP is not for advertising your work.
:::* For similar reasons, we prefer [[WP:PSTS|secondary sources]]. For example, if a scientific book or university textbook surveys your theorem, then it is an indicator of its importance. It looks quite strange that you gave the same [[WP:UNDUE|weight]] to your new result and to the classical well-cited formulation of the theorem (contained in dozens of scientific books). Moreover, you have simply removed other results, which is also not elegant.
:::* I am a bit disappointed that you have deleted the proof of the original version of the theorem. In my opinion, it was very instructive and would be nice to have. The aim of WP is not to present the newest results (because there are tons of such results and it is hard to decide their importance), but to show standard, widespread formulations for a general audience. For example, the article on [[Hoeffding's inequality]] starts with the Bernoulli case, even though there are much more general formulations of the result.
:::Therefore, I am planning to put back the original formulation of the theorem with its proof, and move your contribution to an extensions section. Cheers, [[User:Koertefa|''<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''K'''<span style="color:Teal">œrte</span>'''F'''</span><span style="color:Teal">a</span>'']] [[User talk:Koertefa#top|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''{'''<i style="color:Teal">ταλκ</i>'''}'''</span>]] 10:59, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
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