Wikipedia:Scientific peer review/Bogdanov Affair

This is a little irregular, because the article in question &mdash; Bogdanov Affair &mdash; has been the subject of heated debate, up to and including a ruling by the Arbitration Committee. The history is long and sordid, but thanks to the many editors who have worked to clarify the issue, the article itself is pretty solid. Earlier today, I noticed that John Baez called it an "excellent" article, and I had to wonder. . . The continued sock puppet presence means that it'll be a long time before the page ever qualifies as "stable", which is a key Featured Article criterion, but it would still be nice to evaluate the page and see what the physics community thinks.

My own suspicion is that most or maybe all of the disruptive edits are coming from a community of one. It will be a happy day when this person grows tired and finds something else to do.

All comments are welcome. Due to restrictions posed by the Arbitration Committee &mdash; I said this was an irregular situation! &mdash; it is probably best to discuss changes on the Talk page first, just to avoid accidentally being confused with a sock puppet and being needlessly reverted. Anville 19:10, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Alain Riazuelo offered some good comments here. Anville 14:25, 3 September 2006 (UTC)