Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laser star model of quasars


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 20:42, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Laser star model of quasars

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A very WP:FRINGE topic of minor historical interest at best; basically nobody other than Varshni ever published on this (in the 70s and 80s), and it's been quite reasonably ignored by the rest of the field. The article has no good secondary sources (they're all dead links), only papers by Varshni. It was originally created by a now banned user (User:Plautus satire) who pushed a lot of pseudoscience before getting banned for sockpuppetry and personal attacks. Parejkoj (talk) 20:48, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment&mdash;maybe include the theory as a 'failed' or 'contraindicated' historical theory in Quasar in the "Modern observations (1970s onward)" section (could rename the section to "1970s onward")? --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 23:34, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete too fringe and irrelevant even for a mention at quasar. Maybe Y. P. Varshni can mention it. --mfb (talk) 04:40, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete discredited theory that never received wide interest. As far as I can tell by searching on NASA ADS, the only astronomers who ever wrote about it were Varshni, S.Banerji and G.C. Bhar, in six papers published in the late 70s to early 80s. Most of the external links are to Varshni's own websites. Fails WP:NFRINGE and WP:GNG. Modest Genius talk 13:05, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete A WP:FRINGE topic not shared by others. NMasiha (talk) 18:16, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Definitely a fringe topic, and not a notable one by any standard. Aldebarium (talk) 05:36, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. A pretty obscure topic and hypothesis. I checked the talk page and a comment from a professor there just pushed the reasoning that they know Y.P. Varshni and is well-respected. Absolutely no problems if he is such one, but theories should stand by reason and adherence to facts, not just on the persona of who proposed it. SkyFlubbler (talk) 15:40, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Same reasons above. Oh, SkyFlubbler, can I talk to you on Discord? I REALLY need to vent some things about the list of largest galaxies, especially about one particularly infamous, somewhat large and controversial galaxy... The Space Enthusiast (talk) 04:31, 23 December 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.