Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/And now, the long-awaited... "THEORY OF EVERYTHING"


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The result was   speedy deleted (g11). The Bushranger One ping only 20:56, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

And now, the long-awaited... "THEORY OF EVERYTHING"

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The proposed deletion is contested by the article's creator. The ProD tag was removed here without explanation. This is patently a content fork of Theory of everything. It espouses a non-notable fringe theory, and supports a personal belief completely lacking in any citations. It does not appear to be purely original research as it appears to be an essay on a fringe theory invented by someone else. Even the title has the hallmarks of nonsense. Delete for all of those reasons. Bearian (talk) 22:29, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * delete Have to agree with Bearian despite the comments below - the book does not appear to be notable and the author only marginally so. I don't feel that the fact that he is mentioned in an article about cranks and in one book about fringe theories really qualifies him as notable. --Marjaliisa (talk) 00:28, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * delete &mdash;non-notable book, as it is held in only 8 libraries world-wide according to worldcat. that's amazingly low for a 12 year old book. other editors investigating this may find the isbn useful.  it is 978-0533126736.&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 22:54, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. I do not agree that this is a content fork of Theory of everything. This is an article about a book (ISBN 0-533-12673-8), which may or may not be notable. What I'd like to point out is that the book's author, Eugene Sittampalam, has received in-depth independent coverage in an April 2002 article on science cranks by Jennifer Kahn, entitled "Notes from a Parallel Universe", in Discover. That article is reprinted in:  --Lambiam 22:55, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * good find; it didn't occur to me to search on the author, who in fact does appear to be notable. there's also this, which discusses him at some length:.&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 23:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to 42 (number). Unsure.  I was inclined to agree with everything Bearian says, but then it turns out (as Lambiam and alf also found) that there is some real and detailed coverage of this author and his self-published book.  See, for example: Jennifer Kahn, "Notes from Another Universe", Discover Magazine, April 2002 ("Eleven years ago Eugene Sittampalam was sitting in a hotel room on the Libyan coast when he stumbled, as if by fate, on the unified field theory of physics."); Margaret Wertheim, Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons, and Alternative Theories of Everything, p.17 ("One of the most insistent works in my collection is a book titled simply Theory of Everything, by Eugene Sittampalam.").  It's just possible that this is a notable piece of fringe science. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:10, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; As per nom. Can't see how the book meets the notability criteria. — Fly by Night  ( talk )  15:38, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:56, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:56, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete G11 - Self-promotion (note page creator's name) trying to sell more copies of a WP:FRINGE theory-promoting book. - The Bushranger One ping only 18:11, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
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