Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intelligent falling (2nd nomination)


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The result was speedy keep. Closing on behalf of the nominator who has withdrawn. Note that I am involved, so will undo this close on request. SpinningSpark 11:41, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Intelligent falling
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WP:Notability. The sources are a The Onion article, two newsgroup posts, and a comic. A quick web search finds a brief mention in The Guardian, a post by an unnamed author on ScienceBlog.com, and a brief mention in Slate. I don't personally doubt that this was at least a minor phenomenon in the early 2000s, but I question that this meets the WP:SIGCOV guideline. MarshallKe (talk) 21:10, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, covered in reliably published books Human Origins: What Bones And Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves, Dictionary of Contemporary Mythology (by William R. Harwood), Undermining Science: Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration. Has also been covered in newspapers: The Guardian, The Daily Northwestern. SpinningSpark 22:28, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per sources idemtified by User:Spinningspark . . . dave souza, talk 09:39, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge into fine-tuned universe. Isaac Newton was a deist who saw gravity as an element in the clockwork universe.  The fact that this works so well is still something of a mystery.  The contrary idea that it's all just random happenstance seems lacking while the page in question is just a feeble joke. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:55, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - While the sources in the article (and those I found when advocating a "week keep" 5 years ago) were less than fulsome, there do appear to be enough available now to support a claim to independent notability. Per User:Spinningspark and others. My recommendation (then and now) remains in the "keep" camp. Guliolopez (talk) 12:10, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep. Given the new sources, I concur with keeping the article. MarshallKe (talk) 13:24, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


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