The result was keep. Clearly no consensus for delete, and while there is some support to merge the article, not close to sufficient to close as 'merge'. If there is still appetite to merge this, it should go via the talk page, as it may address some of the procedural opposition that existed and assist with forming a consensus either way. Daniel ( talk) 23:35, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
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Procedural nomination. Since there has been a dispute over whether this topic is notable (it is claimed this subject does not " warrant its own article"), and since nobody else wants to make their points at AfD, I figure I'll open an AfD to get a conclusive answer to whether an article may exist at this title. Preceding DRV: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 June 7 and talk page discussions. ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 21:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
The Zoonotic hypothesis, on the other hand, has received very little attention.Searching for "COVID-19 zoonotic" on Google Scholar retrieves about 28,900 results. XOR'easter ( talk) 16:47, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
If kept it should not be kept at this title. "Hypothesis" dignifies it far too much: it's a POV name for the material.Either "conspiracy theory" or just "idea" are fine. - Darouet ( talk) 11:22, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
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COVID-19 lab leak theory.
COVID-19 lab leak investigationswould be an ideal title for the article. –– FORMALDUDE( talk) 17:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak theory.-- Shibbolethink ( ♔ ♕) 02:05, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak investigationssounds like a very good solution to me at the current time. Jr8825 • Talk 02:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak theory, may be even more suitable – I think there are some promising options here for us to discuss in an RM, although that doesn't necessarily exclude the keeping the current name either. Jr8825 • Talk 02:17, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak claims, as first proposed by User:Berchanhimez. It avoids the entire fricassee about the scientific vs lay usage of the terms "
hypothesis" and "
theory," and the amounts of evidence that would support each. A claim can have tons of evidence, or none. It's probably the most neutral wording possible...That being said, "
theory" is probably the term most used by RSes. There's definitely multiple arguments for each of these and only a RM discussion will resolve.-- Shibbolethink ( ♔ ♕) 19:43, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
claimswould probably be the most neutral title. Good suggestion. –– FORMALDUDE( talk) 07:53, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
The result was keep. Clearly no consensus for delete, and while there is some support to merge the article, not close to sufficient to close as 'merge'. If there is still appetite to merge this, it should go via the talk page, as it may address some of the procedural opposition that existed and assist with forming a consensus either way. Daniel ( talk) 23:35, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
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Procedural nomination. Since there has been a dispute over whether this topic is notable (it is claimed this subject does not " warrant its own article"), and since nobody else wants to make their points at AfD, I figure I'll open an AfD to get a conclusive answer to whether an article may exist at this title. Preceding DRV: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2021 June 7 and talk page discussions. ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 21:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
The Zoonotic hypothesis, on the other hand, has received very little attention.Searching for "COVID-19 zoonotic" on Google Scholar retrieves about 28,900 results. XOR'easter ( talk) 16:47, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
If kept it should not be kept at this title. "Hypothesis" dignifies it far too much: it's a POV name for the material.Either "conspiracy theory" or just "idea" are fine. - Darouet ( talk) 11:22, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
Off-topic squabble
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COVID-19 lab leak theory.
COVID-19 lab leak investigationswould be an ideal title for the article. –– FORMALDUDE( talk) 17:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak theory.-- Shibbolethink ( ♔ ♕) 02:05, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak investigationssounds like a very good solution to me at the current time. Jr8825 • Talk 02:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak theory, may be even more suitable – I think there are some promising options here for us to discuss in an RM, although that doesn't necessarily exclude the keeping the current name either. Jr8825 • Talk 02:17, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
COVID-19 lab leak claims, as first proposed by User:Berchanhimez. It avoids the entire fricassee about the scientific vs lay usage of the terms "
hypothesis" and "
theory," and the amounts of evidence that would support each. A claim can have tons of evidence, or none. It's probably the most neutral wording possible...That being said, "
theory" is probably the term most used by RSes. There's definitely multiple arguments for each of these and only a RM discussion will resolve.-- Shibbolethink ( ♔ ♕) 19:43, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
claimswould probably be the most neutral title. Good suggestion. –– FORMALDUDE( talk) 07:53, 25 July 2021 (UTC)