Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theory of selfvariations


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The result was   delete.  Sandstein  08:57, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Theory of selfvariations

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There are no independent references about this theory, so we cannot write a neutral article about it; see Notability. The article lists five references, all by the same author and four of them in 2008. I looked for citations by others on Web of Science and Google Scholar and could not find any. Jitse Niesen (talk) 13:33, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:14, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Uncited OR. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:32, 7 February 2014 (UTC).
 * Delete Fails notability requirements. I think it may also be fringe science, but the lack of notability takes precedence. Dingo1729 (talk) 04:06, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Reasons to retain the article Theory of selfvariations

Hello Jitse Niesen and readers of Wikipedia,

There are a number of reasons to retain an independent article about the theory of selfvariations:

1. Parts of it have been presented (after invitation) in the XXI SEAC Conference in Astronomy (September 2013) in order to become known to a wider professional audience. The interest of the conference organizers and participants was strong, as new solutions to existing problems are always wellcome. The topics are covered in the conference's Book of Abstracts (s. Extermal links).

2. The first appearance of the Theory of selfvariations in the media was in a major greek newspapaper on 1 September 2008 (ΕΘΝΟΣ) where it was presented by this name and was favourably commented by professor Xenophon Moussas, head of the Astrophysics Laboratory of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (worldwide renown for his work on the Antikythera Mechanism). It has also appeared in a number of other newspapers.

3. A reference of the theory of selfvariations is maintained in the NASA archives, in particular in the The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System

4. The theory is not original research since it has been approved for publishing by the chief editors of 4 different peer reviewed scientific journals. It has been checked by a total of 8 independent academic professional reviewers (standard procedure i.e. 2 for each journal), which approved its contents.

5. The theory has been presented in α university level textbook published by the Hellenic Physical society in 2011 (ISBN 978-960-9457-06-4).

6. The theory explains the cosmological data and agrees with all the latest cosmological meausrements (especially the increased luminosity distance of supernovae and the fluctuations of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation) (presented in detail in the published articles).Aristarchus11 (talk) 13:30, 9 February 2014 (UTC) — Aristarchus11 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete per WP:OR. We do not publish original scholarship and untested theorems. Bearian (talk) 22:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)


 * This is not original scholarship in any sense according to WP:OR, since it relies on three of 'the most reliable sources' as mentioned in WP:OR, peer-reviewed journals, university-level textbooks, mainstream newspapers. It also does not contain any analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position not advanced by the sources. Contrariwise any statment included in the article can be found in the sources.Aristarchus11 (talk) 16:34, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete, appears to be fringe science with little or no independent substantial coverage. Going weak because I concede there may be coverage in the Greek language that I cannot read.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:06, 16 February 2014 (UTC).
 * If you can find such sources (and I can't) then Google can translate them in a rudimentary fashion. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:34, 16 February 2014 (UTC).
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