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Regarding these edits. Simply put, Wikipedia is bound by its editorial policies to give prominence and weight to the mainstream view. The argument that "mainstream scientists who refuse to accept these claims" are holding back progress by parapsychologists may have a place in the article, but it would need to be put in the context of a minority opinion, and attributed to a specific reliable source that is independent of parapsychology, typically a disinterested third party observer or analyst. - LuckyLouie ( talk) 11:28, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
If my memory serves me correctly, the major center of U.S. research into the paranormal was at Duke University ( Duke University Library Exhibits | About the Exhibit · Early Studies in Parapsychology at Duke), yet it is not even mentioned (nor is U. of Virginia, which I only recently learned ( The Reincarnated (getpocket.com) ) conducted research into the topic. I think at least Duke's research should be incorporated into the article., as well as research done in the USSR ( (10) OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PARAPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | Edwin C May - Academia.edu). Kdammers ( talk) 18:21, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
government of a world powerScientific questions are decided by those who have power, not by evidence?
I'd like to document here that user LuckyLouie has destructively reverted a constructive edit made in good-faith by me. The revert message was Completely unsourced, when the paragraph presented 10 in-line links to other articles, making no claims of its own not immediately found on the articles themselves.
This is a clear example of Wikipedia:Disruptive editing and a blatant violation of Wikipedia:FIXTHEPROBLEM. If anyone believes that in-line references are needed in addition to the internal links (which I don't believe they are), feel free to copy said references from the given articles, rather than destroy other peoples contributions, which is unacceptable.
If further destructive reversions are made (rather than discussion in this talk page), I will escalate this to the relevant moderation boards. 177.81.20.20 ( talk) 02:07, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
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Regarding these edits. Simply put, Wikipedia is bound by its editorial policies to give prominence and weight to the mainstream view. The argument that "mainstream scientists who refuse to accept these claims" are holding back progress by parapsychologists may have a place in the article, but it would need to be put in the context of a minority opinion, and attributed to a specific reliable source that is independent of parapsychology, typically a disinterested third party observer or analyst. - LuckyLouie ( talk) 11:28, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
If my memory serves me correctly, the major center of U.S. research into the paranormal was at Duke University ( Duke University Library Exhibits | About the Exhibit · Early Studies in Parapsychology at Duke), yet it is not even mentioned (nor is U. of Virginia, which I only recently learned ( The Reincarnated (getpocket.com) ) conducted research into the topic. I think at least Duke's research should be incorporated into the article., as well as research done in the USSR ( (10) OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PARAPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION | Edwin C May - Academia.edu). Kdammers ( talk) 18:21, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
government of a world powerScientific questions are decided by those who have power, not by evidence?
I'd like to document here that user LuckyLouie has destructively reverted a constructive edit made in good-faith by me. The revert message was Completely unsourced, when the paragraph presented 10 in-line links to other articles, making no claims of its own not immediately found on the articles themselves.
This is a clear example of Wikipedia:Disruptive editing and a blatant violation of Wikipedia:FIXTHEPROBLEM. If anyone believes that in-line references are needed in addition to the internal links (which I don't believe they are), feel free to copy said references from the given articles, rather than destroy other peoples contributions, which is unacceptable.
If further destructive reversions are made (rather than discussion in this talk page), I will escalate this to the relevant moderation boards. 177.81.20.20 ( talk) 02:07, 10 June 2023 (UTC)