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If for whatever reason you feel that a page does not belong on EvoWiki, please list it on this page. All EvoWiki users can discuss the nominations on this page, and the moderators will take into account the views of all users when deciding whether to delete a page or not.

To list a page, add a link to the page to the top of the list below, and add one of the following two templates to the top of the page that you are nominating:
* <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> - This is the default delete template.
* <nowiki>{{inclusion}}</nowiki> - Add this code if you are nominating the page because you don't think it is relevant to EvoWiki.

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== Guidelines ==
Good reasons for deletion include:
* The topic is not relevent to EvoWiki, or is just not notable at all
* The text is a copyright violation
* You suspect the page is fiction
* The page was created as a test (e.g. random typing) or spam -- in this case an admin will speedy delete without discussion

Bad reasons for deletion:
* The page is badly written: the page should be rewritten incorporating the existing facts
* The information in the page is unverifiable, and may be incorrect: first list it on [[EvoWiki:Peer review]], and list it here if it remains unverifiable

Pages should be listed here for around five days, giving time for objections to be raised, unless it becomes obvious that the page should be deleted.

== The list ==
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=== [[Creation Science Evangelism.]] ===
The same page exists without the period in the title. For consistency with other organizations the period should not be used, so I recommend this page be deleted. --[[User:Dmill96|Dmill96]] 17:13, 19 March 2006 (GMT)

=== [[Environmentalism]] ===
What does this have to do with the evolution/Creationism thing?
:I rewrote it to be more factually friendly... Still, Evolutionary Biology does concern the environment...--[[User:Apokryltaros|Mr A.]] 05:12, 23 February 2006 (GMT)

=== [[What Evolution Is]] ===
Started by some creationist vandal as a short opinion, then filled with data by Apokryltaros. I don't think we need this page.

We already have a page [[Evolution]].
There is a page [[Creationism]] and an opinion page [[What Creationism Is]] (which obviously inspired the vandal). --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 11:04, 16 Jan 2006 (GMT)
:Should we blank it, then?--[[User:Apokryltaros|Mr A.]] 17:28, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

=== [[George W. Bush]] ===

As Apokryltaros said: Doesn't belong here. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 12:29, 20 February 2006 (GMT)
:I won't speedy delete it myself, but I don't object to somebody else doing it, clearly off topic. If you want to do things by the book though, I vote '''delete''''. [[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] [[User_talk:Steinsky|(t)]] 03:06, 21 February 2006 (GMT)

::Okay, I deleted it and its companion. We don't have many people voting anyway...
::The author just wrote another article '''Environmentalism''', starting with "Environmentalism is a new age religion...", and I deleted that too. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 17:25, 22 February 2006 (GMT)
:::I think I accidently revived '''Environmentalism''' when I was trying to make it more informative... Should we blank it, then, or keep it as a stub for now? --[[User:Apokryltaros|Mr A.]] 05:10, 23 February 2006 (GMT)

=== [[Generations (book)]] ===

As above. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 12:31, 20 February 2006 (GMT)

===[[Cosmological ID]]===
Spam -- [[User:Nyenyec|Nyenyec]] 04:27, 13 Dec 2005 (GMT)
:Not any more. Now it's a stub. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 17:27, 22 February 2006 (GMT)

===[[:Image:P25 System Model.JPG]]===
[[Image:P25 System Model.JPG|200px|right]]
*Not used on any pages, no source or copyright details, no obvious relevancy to evowiki, uploaded by person who hasn't edited anything else--could just be stealing evowiki bandwidth. [[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] [[User_talk:Steinsky|(t)]] 00:42, 22 Nov 2005 (GMT)

===[[The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it]]===
*'''Delete.''' This is unsourced and not really a creationist claim so to speak anyways. Anyways, if a creationist ''did'' say that, it would seem to be an admission that their creationism wasn't supported by science. If a creationist acknowledges that, there's really no reason for their ideas to show up on the list. Let them believe what they want. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 21:25, 15 Nov 2005 (GMT)

*'''Keep.''' Yes, it ''is'' a Creationist claim -- it just so happens that it's usually ''implicit,'' rather than something they come right out and say in so many words. What do you think the Statements of Faith used by AiG, ICR, ''etc,'' are ''saying,'' for crying out loud? --Anonymous

*'''Delete.''' This is not intended by Creationists to be a scientific argument against evolution, and is being used as stuffing for the list of claims. Delete it. --Anonymous

: '''Keep.''' The overall set of "claims" includes many that are not from scientific creationism. --[[User:Dmill96|Dmill96]] 22:55, 2 April 2006 (BST)

*'''Keep.''' Not only is it a claim, but also a catchphrase! I've seen it on bumperstickers. I've also seen it used as an argument, though the real argument existed by implication: "If you are Christian (i.e., believe the Bible), then you must believe the entire Bible!" As such, it should probably link to [[If part of the Bible is wrong, none of it can be trusted]]. --[[User:Suttkus|Suttkus]] 23:51, 12 March 2006 (GMT)

*'''Keep.''' Virtually all Creationists I've seen continue to think that the Bible can be used as a wholely infallible textbook, with applications in both science and history.--[[User:Apokryltaros|Mr A.]] 18:47, 3 April 2006 (BST)

===[[Triphylactin]]===
This page seems to be based on a [http://www.ninthday.com/chapter_two.htm fictional novel].
* 4 google results, all for the book, no peer reviewed sources. I'll give the author time to defend it, but I'm currently going for '''delete'''. [[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] [[User_talk:Steinsky|(t)]] 23:32, 11 Oct 2005 (BST)
:Uh... how much time did you want to give the author? I'd say it's obvious trollery. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 11:36, 24 Oct 2005 (BST)

===[[God is all good]]===
See [[Talk:God is all good]]

===[[David Clounch]]===
I have moved this commentary on the [[Intelligent Design network]] page to it's appropriate [[Talk:Intelligent Design network|talk page]]. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 06:41, 3 Oct 2005 (BST)
===[[Frameshift mutation]]===
Long rambling essay which invokes frameshift mutations but seems to be primarily concerned with demonstrating a teleological basis for evolution. Also contains odd statements such as the assertion that ontogeny recaptiulates phylogeny and that the Mitochondria uses a checksum algorithm to reverse certain classes of mutations. No references are given. At best, a fraction of one paragraph (starting with "Frameshifts occur when a nucleotide...") might be salvaged as the seed for another article, but I'm skeptical about copyright status (it was also posted almost identically [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Intelligent_design&diff=81967&oldid=81965 here]; it might have originally come from somewhere else). I can't be completely certain, but I think this may be based on the fictional book "[http://www.sfwriter.com/oufr.htm Frameshift]" (search for the first paragraph with the word "ontogeny" or "second layer of information" and compare). [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 09:25, 1 Oct 2005 (BST)

===[[Microevolution is distinct from macroevolution]]===
Duplicate of (or at least large overlap with) [[Small changes do not imply large changes]]. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 05:39, 30 Sep 2005 (BST)

===[[The methodology of science rules out even considering design]]===
Duplicate of [[Science's method rules out design]] which is more complete. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 02:38, 8 Sep 2005 (BST)

===[[An Evolutionary Look at Human Homosexuality]]===
This page appears to be a copyright violation. A google of key sentences brings up several hits. One of them [http://phantasmagoricpolitics.blogspot.com/2005/07/interesting-junk-mail.html] seems to imply that this was originally a scientific article published by "Dr. Gregory M. Cochran". Unless the anonymous poster can demonstrate that he represents Dr. Cochran, I think this should be removed. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 23:33, 17 Aug 2005 (BST)

===[[:Category:Evolutionary Psychology]]===
This category is redundant with [[:Category:Evolutionary psychology]]. I don't exactly know much about how erroneous categories are dealt with on EvoWiki (<nowiki>{{cfd}}</nowiki> doesn't seem to be available, for example), so I just listed it here. I assume that the sole entry should be moved to the other category and the category page should be deleted? [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 08:52, 25 Jul 2005 (BST)

===[[Creationism and evolution are not exclusive]]===
This page has very little information on it, is handled better on [[Evolution is atheistic]] and [[Evolution is baseless without a theory of abiogenesis]], and, if a full length essay is needed, [[God and Evolution]] is more likely to become it. I don't believe this page has any potential, even as a redirect, and apparently others agree since the only link to it is on a discussion page (possibly written by its author?). [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 08:37, 25 Jul 2005 (BST)
:Agree. Delete. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 10:58, 25 Jul 2005 (BST)

===[[Young Earth Claims about Dinosaurs Refuted.]]===
This seems to be an unused copy of [[Dinosaurs: A Faulty View.]] [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 05:23, 24 Jul 2005 (BST)
* <s>Is it worth redirecting to the original? There are no internal links to it [http://www.evowiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Young_Earth_Claims_about_Dinosaurs_Refuted.]</s> '''Delete''': it has a full stop at the end of the page name, so it's unlikely to get linked to even as a shortcut redirecting elsewhere. [[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] [[User_talk:Steinsky|(t)]] 10:31, 24 Jul 2005 (BST)
'''Delete''': This is just a duplicate copy of my original article Dinosaurs: A Faulty View. [[User:Crazyharp81602|Crazyharp81602]] [[User_Talk:Crazyharp81602]] 05:06, 24 Jul 2005 (EST)

===[[:Category: Creationist arguments]]===
I added this before I discovered [[:Category: Replies to creationists]]. It's redundant. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]]|[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 07:04, 19 Jul 2005 (BST)
:Actually, it's not redundant with Replies to creationists, but it is redundant with [[:Category:Creationist claims]]. [[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] [[User_talk:Steinsky|(t)]] 10:26, 19 Jul 2005 (BST)

===[[Evil]]===
Joke/story. Not really relevant to EvoWiki, imo. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 02:22, 6 Jul 2005 (BST)

===[[Intelligent Design is Wrong]]===
Not sure if this was looked over under the ''If I am gay...'' heading, but I just thought I'd give it its own section. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 02:22, 6 Jul 2005 (BST)

===[[If I am gay, then so is my animal.]]===
Along with [[Intelligent Design is Wrong]], this was created by [[User:Homosexualman]]. Both pages are a bit bizarre and have little to no substantive content (what is there is weird). Titles are sentences, which seems inappropriate for most kinds of articles (with the exception of, say, creationist arguments). I don't know if it's a vandal. Maybe this user's just a bit clueless, but think these should be removed nonetheless.
[[User:Escuerdo|Escuerdo]]([[User_talk:Escuerdo|talk]])
:I have speedy deleted it on the grounds of patent nonsense. If anybody disagrees with the decision they can argue their case for undeletion here. [[User:Steinsky|Joe D]] [[User_talk:Steinsky|(t)]] 10:31, 27 Jun 2005 (BST)

===[[Friendship]]===
Not sure if there's a better way to handle this, but the Friendship page is just vandalism with no history. [[User:TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa|TheIncredibleEdibleOompaLoompa]] 04:57, 17 Jun 2005 (BST)
:Normally some admin will just delete it. But blanking it is fine. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 12:47, 17 Jun 2005 (BST)

===[[How evolution and mutation works]]===
Looks like hogwash to me. I guess it's a new intrusion from the Marvel Comics hoaxer. --[[user:Thomas Kettenring|Thomas Kettenring]]
:I did a google and found [http://www.millarworld.net/lofiversion/index.php/t21665-50.html this page], which is indeed a comics site, but is in a discussion and appears to be an attempt to seriously describe the science (in a little comic-book centric way). It's not very good, though, and I don't think the author really knows what he's talking about. --[[User:Steinsky|Steinsky]] 11:36, 4 Oct 2004 (BST)
:: Trash it. --[[User:God Fearing Atheist|GFA]]

'''Votes'''
* Delete: '''3''' Thomas Kettenring, Steinsky, GFA
* Keep: '''0'''

===[[ToDo]]===
And [[Talk:ToDo]] are unnecessary now, right? There are still pages linking there, but the links should be changed to [[EvoWiki:To do list]]. [[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] 19:26, 25 Sep 2004 (BST)

=== [[Telepath]] ===
Why is this even here? It's not science, and none of the legislation mentioned ever existed. [[User:Apokryltaros|A]] 19:51, 20 Dec 2005 (PST)
:True. Why did you write it then? --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 12:41, 21 Dec 2005 (GMT)
::I didn't write it, I was the first one to edit it. [[User:Apokryltaros|A]] 20:03, 21 Dec 2005
:::Wow, what a strange bug... sorry. --[[User:Thomas Kettenring|tk]] [[User_talk:Thomas_Kettenring|(t)]] 10:08, 22 Dec 2005 (GMT)

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