Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hybrid-origin


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The result was   delete \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 07:37, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Hybrid-origin

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I had proposed that this article be merged to Multiregional origin of modern humans, but I realise now that this theory is a non-notable fringe theory created by a parapsychologist, Stan Gooch, which has never been referred to in a reliable source - I checked Google News, Scholar and Books. The article has hung around since 2005 with no sources - time to kill it off. Fences and windows (talk) 01:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete my searches came up as empty as F&W's. You'd expect at least *something* if this was a notable hypothesis. Gigs (talk) 02:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 02:43, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Likewise my check shows nothing to support this concept being beyond a fringe view. I looked at the edits to the article this year, and apart from tweaks that were unrelated to the topic, edits have been to downplay the topic (e.g. one editor change "theory" to "hypothesis", and another claimed it is all but discredited). Johnuniq (talk) 03:44, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, I've looked for reliable sources that discuss Gooch's idea but can't find any. Tim Vickers (talk) 19:56, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete It seems there are several versions of the multiregional hypothesis. This particular version is non-notable. Wapondaponda (talk) 01:12, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Propose close as delete as nominator per WP:SNOW. Fences and windows (talk) 16:08, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete with sadness and until we get the movie version of "Guardians of the Ancient Wisdom"...that will be notable enough for Wikipedia. --JWSchmidt (talk) 04:22, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
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