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Identifying fringe theories. We use the term fringe theory in a very broad sense to describe an idea that departs significantly from the prevailing views or mainstream views in its particular field. For example, fringe theories in science depart significantly from mainstream science and have little or no scientific support. [3]
A fringe theory is an idea or a viewpoint which differs significantly from the accepted scholarship of the time within its field. Fringe theories include the models and proposals of fringe science, as well as similar ideas in other areas of scholarship, such as the humanities. In a narrower sense, the term fringe theory is commonly used as a ...
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Fringe theories for dummies. Fringe theories are often discussed in Wikipedia articles, subject to the WP:FRINGE policy. Even the most radical conspiracy theories are often represented in their own articles, if they are sufficiently notable. But the problem is that they are usually written like any other valid viewpoint, and even cite some book ...
Fringe theory. A fringe theory is an idea or a collection of ideas that departs significantly from the prevailing or mainstream view. It can include work done to the appropriate level of scholarship in a field of study but only supported by a minority of practitioners, to more dubious work. Examples of the latter include pseudoscience (ideas ...
One can think of fringe theories as ranging from theories that almost qualify as alternative mainstream theories down to things that have just barely too many scientific chops to be called pseudoscience. As an analogy, consider the shadow of a large object illuminated by a single extended light source. One part of its shadow is called the penumbra.
Sexuality of Adolf Hitler. Sexuality of Jesus. Shakespeare authorship question. Fringe theories about the Shroud of Turin. Sphinx water erosion hypothesis. The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler. Substitution hypothesis. Swoon hypothesis. Synchromysticism.
Copied from Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard. I trired to re-read the discussion above and the policy itself, it comes to my mind that a good deal of confusion is the disparity of the policy title and its main point/nutshell: " To maintain a neutral point of view, an idea that is not broadly supported by scholarship in its field must not be given undue weight in an article about a ...
