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The article Recursive islands and lakes has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Doesn't appear to be a term in use or a noted phenomenon.
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Nomination of Recursive islands and lakes for deletion edit
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 11:11, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
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Sources edit
Hi, thanks for noticing that thing about Vulcan Point no longer existing, I completely missed that.
Don't forget when adding content to Wikipedia articles to always cite sources. When copying content from related articles you can usually copy their citations along.
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April 2020 edit
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Erdős–Bacon number, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Sundayclose (talk) 16:41, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
- Hi there, I do not see how it is possible to cite a source for the information I added, it is an undeniable fact that having a Bacon number of 1 and an Erdős number of 1 would give you an Erdős–Bacon number of 2, that is how the Erdős–Bacon number system works, I don't see why or even how a source can be cited for this. If you have any thoughts how we can get over this problem and keep this fact in the article, I would very much like to hear them as I think that Erdős–Bacon numbers 1 and 2 are important points to put in the article. Just your average wikipedian (talk) 01:02, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- Your edit is factual, but it is not noteworthy. It's unnecessary commentary. If it's an undeniable (thus obvious) fact, it doesn't need to be stated in the first place. As an analogy, I could write a brief essay about how interesting it is that adding two and two produces the same result as multiplying two and two. I could even speculate (probably correctly) that no other number has such a quality. But that doesn't mean it belongs in a Wikipedia article. If you need a Wikipedia policy about the problem with your edit, it's your personal thoughts, which is original research, just as my personal thoughts about two and two is original research. Read WP:OR. At the very least including it requires a reliable source that discusses it. If it's important enough to include, then someone surely has discussed it in a reliable source. I suspect, however, that such a source does not exist, because (again) it is so obvious. But even finding a reliable source doesn't make it notable enough to include in the article. A reliable source is a requirement to include something in an article, but it is not sufficient. The information must be notable enough to include. In any event, although I appreciate your efforts, I disagree that it belongs in the article, so a consensus is needed to restore it.
- By the way, your edit includes one comment that, although perhaps true, is not undeniable: "Erdős–Bacon number 2 is the currently lowest achievable number, though no one to date has achieved it." Without a reliable source stating that, it is possible that someone has achieved it but no one has yet figured that out. Sundayclose (talk) 02:44, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
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How was this island discovered and when? Are you the person who discovered it? Is there any way I can contact you off this platform for the sake of citing sources for journalism reporting purposes? Alan134 (talk) 20:03, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
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