Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Epic of Evolution


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The result was redirect to The Great Story in lieu of deletion —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-26 05:44Z 

Epic of Evolution

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Who is the originator of this idea? The list of proponents, including Heraclitus, Goethe, and Darwin, is pointless because it does not say who (apart from the Wikipedian who created this article) posits that these figures were promoting "The Epic of Evolution". I am going to try to edit the article into a keepable form. Here is the version that I am nominating for deletion. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 17:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Question aboue - there is no mention of Heraclitus in the original and restored article. Goethe is not presented as a proponent only that he used the term in some way in the long past which is usually done in referenceing the history of a word. Darwin is a main concern of the controversy and he is appropriate mentioning. In any event its being removed.--Jlrobertson (talk) 21:11, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable. -Amarkov blahedits 23:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Not notable ??? see below.
 * Neutral for now. The book isn't an obvious failure of WP:BK - respectable publisher, and some legit reviews, but Amazon rank of only 650,000-odd.  If we can steer the article towards the book and establish notability, I don't see why it shouldn't stay. Tevildo 23:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete not notable enough for wik. -- Dasnedius 18:01, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * What??? see below--Jlrobertson (talk) 21:11, 24 February 2010 (UTC) An article with 130+ references is notable.--Jlrobertson (talk) 21:11, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Retain for integration with other entries: "The Great Story" and "Big History", which all have the same theme; that is, to relate the new story of creation that originates exclusively from scholarly science and history, as contrasted with "The Creation Myth" that originates from religious teachings and other anecdotal themes claimed to be inspired by divine communications. --TomEM 17:22, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Retain restore article contains over 130 references indication it is a major topic with an abundance of sources. It is the subject of conferences, books and college courses. It is being discussed in their writings by very notable people. It is certainly notable. Some of the comments above were made reading a significantly reduced article. This is about evolution which gets hacked up a good bit in articles.--Jlrobertson (talk) 20:54, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


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