Talk:Katarchic astrology

Arbitration Ruling on the Treatment of Pseudoscience

In December of 2006 the Arbitration Committee ruled on guidelines for the presentation of topics as pseudoscience in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience. The final decision was as follows:

Neutral point of view as applied to science: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, a fundamental policy, requires fair representation of significant alternatives to scientific orthodoxy. Significant alternatives, in this case, refers to legitimate scientific disagreement, as opposed to pseudoscience.
Serious encyclopedias: Serious and respected encyclopedias and reference works are generally expected to provide overviews of scientific topics that are in line with respected scientific thought. Wikipedia aspires to be such a respected work.
Obvious pseudoscience: Theories which, while purporting to be scientific, are obviously bogus, such as Time Cube, may be so labeled and categorized as such without more justification.
Generally considered pseudoscience: Theories which have a following, such as astrology, but which are generally considered pseudoscience by the scientific community may properly contain that information and may be categorized as pseudoscience.
Questionable science: Theories which have a substantial following, such as psychoanalysis, but which some critics allege to be pseudoscience, may contain information to that effect, but generally should not be so characterized.
Alternative theoretical formulations: Alternative theoretical formulations which have a following within the scientific community are not pseudoscience, but part of the scientific process.

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I added two sentences at the end of the article to further explain Katarché and what it was in terms of past events. Mejkxd (talk) 16:48, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

I added a section on notable people: Dorotheus of Sidon. I also added a section on comparison to genethlialogy. Mejkxd (talk) 23:53, 10 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Under the section on Dorotheus of Sidon, I added a short paragraph describing his fifth book on Katarchic astrology Mejkxd (talk) 17:35, 17 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

I added more details to the first paragraph, added the second paragraph, and then added to the third paragraph as well. Amrx99 (talk) 21:27, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

I added a section on Augustine and his opposition to the topic of katarchic astrology. Mejkxd (talk) 22:12, 7 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment edit

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 January 2020 and 8 May 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mejkxd, Amrx99.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 12:38, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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