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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 23:47, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Cosmic ancestry
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This is Hoyle's and Wickramasinghe's particular version of their fringe panspermia nonsense. The only sources on this are primary sources, from either Hoyle or Wickramasinghe, or close collaborators. The rest is original WP:SYNTH. Fails WP:N Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 23:42, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete A search on scholar does not indicate that the concept has gained any sort of traction outside of the Panspermiaverse of fringe scholars dedicated to the topic. The relationship between panspermia advocates and theistic evolution can be discussed in the main panspermia article. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 00:35, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. I agree. I don't know of any serious scientist who takes this stuff seriously. Athel cb ( talk) 11:38, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
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- Delete - I looked at the citations and those that are not from the main authors appear to be related to horizontal gene transfer but used with WP:SYNTHesis since they are not really about this cosmology. This article was sometimes boldly redirected to panspermia in the past and when I look at older revisions none were sufficiently independently sourced. — Paleo Neonate – 18:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Non-notable fringe piffle that lies about what its sources say. It claims
There are also many instances of genes detected in species that have no known current use for them
and cites a paper that identifies the likely functional role of the genes it investigates (Hox-like pattern formation during development). Synthesis and wankery. XOR'easter ( talk) 17:15, 7 February 2022 (UTC) - Delete. This is WP:FRINGE content and lacks notability. Aldebarium ( talk) 22:35, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete: per above. Praemonitus ( talk) 18:54, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 23:47, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Cosmic ancestry
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This is Hoyle's and Wickramasinghe's particular version of their fringe panspermia nonsense. The only sources on this are primary sources, from either Hoyle or Wickramasinghe, or close collaborators. The rest is original WP:SYNTH. Fails WP:N Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 23:42, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete A search on scholar does not indicate that the concept has gained any sort of traction outside of the Panspermiaverse of fringe scholars dedicated to the topic. The relationship between panspermia advocates and theistic evolution can be discussed in the main panspermia article. Hemiauchenia ( talk) 00:35, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. I agree. I don't know of any serious scientist who takes this stuff seriously. Athel cb ( talk) 11:38, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 01:05, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Biology-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 01:05, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. XOR'easter ( talk) 17:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - I looked at the citations and those that are not from the main authors appear to be related to horizontal gene transfer but used with WP:SYNTHesis since they are not really about this cosmology. This article was sometimes boldly redirected to panspermia in the past and when I look at older revisions none were sufficiently independently sourced. — Paleo Neonate – 18:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Non-notable fringe piffle that lies about what its sources say. It claims
There are also many instances of genes detected in species that have no known current use for them
and cites a paper that identifies the likely functional role of the genes it investigates (Hox-like pattern formation during development). Synthesis and wankery. XOR'easter ( talk) 17:15, 7 February 2022 (UTC) - Delete. This is WP:FRINGE content and lacks notability. Aldebarium ( talk) 22:35, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
- Delete: per above. Praemonitus ( talk) 18:54, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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