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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Evolutionary Ufology (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • AfD statistics)

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Procedural nomination. Was proposed for deletion, however both creator and an IP contested the deletion. (Whilst the prod tag was not removed, their intent to contest the deletion was clear)

• Original reason for deletion: "Appears to be original research"
• Contested with: "The phrase "evolutionary ufology" may be a new combination of words, but the subject matter it represents is well-documented and established. Please do not remove this reference from Wikipedia."
• Contested with: "The subject should not be removed because it is based on referenced and cited research." Taelus (Talk) 10:04, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Additional: I first suspected this of being a copyvio, but upon checking I could only find such wording on Wikipedia, thus this seems to be an essay which requires clean-up, if it is decided that the topic should be kept on Wikipedia at all. --Taelus (Talk) 10:06, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. As an original paper/essay, it's original research/synthesis and so fails WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. (And it might still be a copyvio - the original might not be on the web). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:05, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, obvious WP:ESSAY including the text: Before I continue. Awful. Too bad there's no CSD for essays. — Timneu22 · talk 11:44, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Appears to be an unpublished paper and/or the text of a speech by someone associated with MUFON, the topic's notability is not established by any reliable sources. - LuckyLouie (talk) 13:49, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Essay. Joe Chill (talk) 15:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: As stated above, essay. --Mr. Vernon (talk) 06:32, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.