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split BLP from FRINGE, without causing POV fork
Hello Barney, I enter your lair with some trepidition. :-) And apparently at least one spelling-error, but prolly you caught the gist. Iantresman asked us to not discuss the sheldrake-article-topics on his user-talkpage further, so is it okay to move here temporarily? If not, we can open Yet Another Section on the article-talkpage... and eventually that ought to be done... but in the meantime, this split-article question might get hammered out faster with just two editors, or if TRPoD is listening, with three. If you'd rather it be on the article-talkpage, or on my user-talkpage, or just skip it, that's fine by me.
- I would support a split only if it can be shown that individuals other than Sheldrake have been working on morphic resonance with reasonable independence from Sheldrake. Until then, MR is simply not notable enough for its own page. Mentions in Doctor Who don't count. Barney the barney barney (talk) 11:02, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
So there are actually four things under discussion here, some of which are Notable enough to get their own article.
- RS is a BLP article (mostly maintained by David with luck), which methinks should cover academic credentials, spiritual views, author/lecturer stuff. Morphic & telepathy mentioned briefly, noted as non-mainstream, reader directed to links covering MG/MGF/MF&MR/PM.
- MG is a mainstream-science-theory, around since the 1920s at least. MGF is a specific subset with mainstream-minority-science-hypothesis status.
- RS claims to have generalized MGF into his own Morphic Fields aka MF, where Morphic Resonance aka MR is one specific phenomenon found in the MF-idea. Suggest MF article, with MR as a section therein.
- The fourth thing is Sheldrake's early phytomorphology work aka PM, published in mainstream places, prior to his turn to The Dark Side. ;-)
Your stance, correct me if I'm wrong, is that there are not enough reliable sources that significantly discuss MF stuff (to include MR as a subset of MF) in enough depth? When you say "working-on" you mean publishing-about, correct? 74.192.84.101 (talk) 16:32, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
- I see no problem here with there being a lair. I do not suffer fools gladly, but if you avoid beeing foolish you'll survive
- "Working on" basically means sources. This as a start would include serious works referencing "morphic resonance" as a serious research issue, other seriously proposing what MR might or might not be, or indeed practical experiments designed to try to detect MR effects or the MR field.
- The problem with an article describing the history of "morphic fields" dating back to the 1920s is twofold (1) we are unable to do original research on archives (2) the link between old school MF ideas and Sheldrake's ideas also seems to be WP:OR (although it is fairly obvious OR and we could choose to ignore WP:NOR as impractical). We also need to explain why the idea was quietly dropped from research. It looks like it's a reasonable topic for a historical research paper, so it may have been written already, if not, it's not yet of academic interest.
- Finally, assuming the above two presently are negative, there are categorically no BLP problems with the Rupert Sheldrake article. Articles on living people do not have to whitewash well sourced, pointed criticism from senior members of a particular field. Many of these criticisms are of Sheldrake personally, and therefore I cannot see how you can extract the "philosophising" from the man. Finally note that I am also trying to, but it's really hard to find any sources. Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:05, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
- PS - as a bone to you, I have am preparing an article on Jaytee (dog), which I might finish sometime soon-ish. Barney the barney barney (talk) 19:11, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
- Well, appreciate the bone, I'll toss it to Roxy, they might gnaw it over some. I personally don't think Jaytee is worth a dedicated article, it will be WP:PERMASTUB, and the material belongs in the subsection about Dogs-That-Know. The question is: where (in what article) does Dogs-That-Know actually belong? More on this at the end. (The lair thing, that was a joke, thanks for taking it well.) As for being foolish, I'll do my best. Wait. As for not being foolish, I'll do my best. :-) I have no big argument here with your main points, except for one little word. What is the definition of "serious" research... as opposed to, say, mere journalism?
some explanation, which you may already have heard over on the talkpage, about why colloquial 'reliable' sources has zero connection to wikipolicy 'Reliable' Sources |
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- I think that stuff above is the crux. As for your second point, we can sometimes cite primary sources like the 1920s papers, even though they are not online necessarily, as long as we do it "with care". I believe I have a Shedrake interview where he linked his ideas to the older biological stuff; but that's just on Sheldrake's say-so, of course, the 1920s guy is long dead. But from what I have gleaned, MF is the subquantum juice, MR is how the subquantum juices impact plant-shape, and traditional old 1920s-style MGF does the rest. Sheldrake did not change any of the MGF part as far as I know, though maybe his mainstream axion research did somehow; I think he just added MR and MF on top, saying that subquantum juices explain MR&MF, then MGF explains the rest. I could be wrong here, we'll have to ask Iantresman or Alfonzo. Anyways, there are two sensible choices methinks, depending on what our decision about Sheldrake-MF versus 1920s-MGF ends up looking like.
some ideas for splitting the BLP page up, into BLP + MF&MR&MGF, or even better, into BLP + MF&MR + MGF, so we can clearly separate criticism of the BLP from criticism of their ideas |
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- Along the same lines, I think the *deep* coverage of Dogs-That-Know should be a section on the page about Telepathy (or animal telepathy perhaps... which would include your Jaytee (dog) work), and that the Staring stuff should be over as a special section of the psychic staring effect page. On his BLP page, we just say, title this, year published that, one journalist said quote "thought-provoking", one scientist said quote "epic unfalsifiable stupidity", see also Animal Telepathy#Sheldrake. That's fair to the BLP, and fair to WP:FRINGE methinks. Anyways, my wall-of-text alarm has been beeping for some time, so I'll end with a final note, that I *have* seen you doing the heavy lifting with finding sources, both pro and con, totally fair and square, and do appreciate it. Good stuff, thanks for improving wikipedia. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 20:46, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
- Your rambling now. We already should have an article on telepathy. I'm not sure the few Daily Mail articles we have on apparently psychic animals are going to be sufficient reliable sources to enable an article on homo/non-homo psi. Barney the barney barney (talk) 16:41, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry about the apparent-rambling. The jaytee-subsection of the telepathy article, sure; that's a minor point. Again, the fundamental disconnect, is your adjectives. "Sufficiently reliable". Misplaced Pages does not care, and as editors, we cannot care. "Serious works ... serious research". Again, wikipedia policy is clear. We do not get to pick and choose which sources we report. If the guardian says it, that satisfies WP:NOTEWORTHY, and if some editor, any editor -- whether they suffer from pro-Sheldrake POV or otherwise -- wants the sentence supported by that cite in the article, we cannot elide the sentence nor the cite. Even when, maybe even especially when, we know the usually-Reliable-Source-newspaper was logically factually scientifically-speaking wrong. That's the crux, in a nutshell. This is not truth-o-pedia. HTH. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 22:16, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
- Your rambling now. We already should have an article on telepathy. I'm not sure the few Daily Mail articles we have on apparently psychic animals are going to be sufficient reliable sources to enable an article on homo/non-homo psi. Barney the barney barney (talk) 16:41, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
- You seem to be under the misconception that Misplaced Pages reports everything. It doesn't. In particular, it tends not to report stuff that's clearly WP:BOLLOCKS. There is an editing process, and the Daily Mail, wonderful institution that it is, is not a serious source. Barney the barney barney (talk) 22:29, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
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Edit warring
A complaint regarding your behavior on the Sheldrake page has been lodged here:
Alfonzo Green (talk) 00:27, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- Not edit warring. Please explain the NPOV tag in line with policy, especially WP:FRINGE. How hard is this for you? Also note WP:BOOMERANG and in particular WP:ARB/PS which is the funniest case of Boomerang ever, in which Iantresman (talk · contribs) tried to get his bizarre view of mainstream academic thought which he clearly did not understand. WP:HISTORYREPEATSITSELF. Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:22, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- A warning? that's a joke isn't it? --Roxy the dog (resonate) 20:43, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- Removing an NPOV template from the Rupert Sheldrake article, although as we're back to a version now that claims he is a "biochemist" - despite not currently doing no biochemistry, I'm not sure. David in DC (talk · contribs) is trying his best, but is trying to compromise with those who are incapable of contributing effectively. The thread is closed now anyway. I have a lovely personal attack warning for not pretending that the AGF ship hadn't sailed weeks ago. Barney the barney barney (talk) 20:49, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- TRPoD's only edit to "biochemist and botanist" was "biochemist and author". This gives me hope. Please read my final edit summary for the day. Please consider following its suggestion.
- 24 hours from now, please read this diff and see if you can see your way clear to following those suggestions. David in DC (talk) 20:56, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- My preference is for "author on science related issues, , , . Compromises from this are possible.
- Removing an NPOV template from the Rupert Sheldrake article, although as we're back to a version now that claims he is a "biochemist" - despite not currently doing no biochemistry, I'm not sure. David in DC (talk · contribs) is trying his best, but is trying to compromise with those who are incapable of contributing effectively. The thread is closed now anyway. I have a lovely personal attack warning for not pretending that the AGF ship hadn't sailed weeks ago. Barney the barney barney (talk) 20:49, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- What I don't think is acceptable is to describe him as a "biochemist" or "botanist" or "plant physiologist" if
- He's not principally notable for being a "biochemist"/ "botanist"/ "plant physiologist"
- He's not currently conducting research in these areas
- or describe him as "scientist" if there is dispute over whether he is conducting science or pseudoscience (or a mixture of both).
- I really do appreciate what you're trying to do David in DC (talk · contribs) but I think you're off the right path; you have a better understanding than most, and have more patience than I do, and I think we broadly agree.
- The lead is the key. In the meantime, I'll try to find more reliable pro-Sheldrake sources, it's difficult though. I've spent literally hours sifting through and sorting sources, and even longer on dealing with those who would be deserving of personal attacks if it were not allowed. Barney the barney barney (talk) 21:10, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- The purpose of WP:FRINGE is to not mislead readers. Please look at the forest, not the trees. How stupid would a reader have to be to be misled about who and what RS is with the article in its current state? David in DC (talk) 21:15, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
- What I don't think is acceptable is to describe him as a "biochemist" or "botanist" or "plant physiologist" if
If your offer is open to me too, I'd appreciate PDFs of the sources you have. My email is ian2knowledge.co.uk and I can handle ZIPs. --Iantresman (talk) 00:51, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
WP:RPP
I shouldn't have accused you of vandalism. To be honest, you might have accidentally duplicated the whole content in WP:RPP. Fortunately, I restored your request. --George Ho (talk) 18:57, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
"Left wing bullshit"
You don't seem to have "Email this user" enabled, so it's hard for me to provide the email address you requested. However, if you google the phrase in this heading, you'll find a moribund blog. The email address you request is in the user info there.
The fact that one kind find me that way is one of the signal achievements of my life. :) David in DC (talk) 21:24, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
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