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Coherent catastrophe

I've reverted your edits at Göbekli Tepe - see the discussion at Talk:Göbekli Tepe and join it if you think your edit should stand. I've also started a discussion at Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard#New_Coherent_catastrophism. Please note that your quote in your new article is a copyright violation (by our policy) and is about twice as long as it should be. If you don't fix this I'll have to. Doug Weller talk 12:23, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

I've chopped the loong quote -- summarize rather than copy-pasting such a long quote. Vsmith (talk) 12:32, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

We don't accuse authors of character assassination or make unsourced claims that X supports Y

Please understand that our personal opinions should never be added to articles. See WP:VERIFY and WP:RS. This applies both to your comment about character assassination and stating in Wikipedia's voice that certain evidence supports a particular hypothesis. Statements like that always need sources saying that specifically. Doug Weller talk 12:28, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

YD impact hypothesis - are you going to replace the material you thought was in the wrong section

Your edit suggested you were moving it. Instead you deleted it without moving it. Given your comments on alleged censorship I hope this was just an oversight. Doug Weller talk 16:03, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Doug - apologies, I meant to move it not delete. I'll reverse that edit and move it instead.

Nomination of Coherent catastrophism for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Coherent catastrophism is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Afd

I see you've deleted some of your comments about me there. However, you did that after someone responded to you making their response confusing. Our guideline on this is at WP:REDACT: So long as no one has yet responded to your comment, it's accepted and common practice that you may continue to edit your remarks for a short while to correct mistakes, add links or otherwise improve them. If you've accidentally posted to the wrong page or section or if you've simply changed your mind, it's been only a short while and no one has yet responded, you may remove your comment entirely.

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In other words, you should revert yourself restoring the text, and then surround the parts you had deleted with the suggested code. I usually use <s>text you no longer feel appropriate</s>. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 12:08, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Coherent catastrophism

I am notifying everyone who took part in the first AfD about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coherent catastrophism (2nd nomination). Doug Weller talk 12:07, 28 July 2017 (UTC)