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Croats and discussion on Talk:Croats#Cleanup
User:Denoir and User:Genomist
There is an escalating set of reverts over a passage in the Genetic origins section. The two versions can be found here (Denoir's) and here (Genomist's). There is a debate over sources and factual accuracy of the original version that Denoir is defending. What the supposed factual inaccuracies are is a bit difficult to know as Genomist refuses to say. Denoir's position is that the section added by Genomist are not necessarily incorrect, but cite a non-reputable source as opposed to the original version which cited two well-known books and two articles published in reputable scientific journals.
I would like to find a solution to avoid a continuation of the pointless reverting.
I prefer to keep it open. The talk page of the topic or our user talk pages would do nicely.
I have taken a look at the article, the article talk page, and the material in question. I don't think it will be a problem to resolve this dispute in a reasonable, open, and balanced way that will be agreeable to all parties involved.
The only way this will happen is if all parties involved choose to participate in dialog and assume good faith. It would also be great if past disagreements could be let go; think of it as if we are starting fresh, with a clean slate, so to speak. As such, I think in this case, it would be best to keep the discussion on this page rather than the article's talk page.
As a final note, I would also like to ask all the involved parties to refrain from reverting anything and instead simply place an appropriate template above the content you object to. That way I won't have to resort to requesting that an admin protect the page.
I am going to begin looking at the conflict in a bit more depth and do some of my own research to see how best to begin the road to agreement. Eberhart 22:31, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
After looking at this case, I think the best way to begin reconciliation would be to have all interested parties (including those not yet named as such) state in the discussion section of this page what they think should change on the Genetic Origins section of Croats from how the page currently stands. Also, please refrain from commenting on what other parties have to say at present. (Don't worry, there will be plenty of time for that later. The reason for this is so that people have a chance to state their position before having to rush to defend it.) Eberhart 22:53, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I am planning to close this case on Friday, July 28 due to lack of activity unless User:Genomist responds by then. A closed case can be reopened if that should become necessary later. Eberhart 17:16, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for taking the case. What I would like to see is the section that says
"Concerning the theory of Iranian origins, an article written in 2004 states, "The genetic evidence based on mitochondria DNA provides no support for a specific ancient Iranian origin for modern day Croatians. However, the lack of evidence does not necessary rule out such a connection. What is more certain is that the Croats have been in on the Croatian mainland, in Bosnia and on the Adriatic coast from the 7th century AD." "
either removed or rewritten. The argument for removing it is that the cited reference is from an amateur news letter and doesn't hold up in quality compared to the other references. It is furthermore redundant as there is a section dealing with that topic ("The second conclusion that can be drawn..."), that uses peer-reviewed references that have been published in reputable scientific journals. Also, the conclusions of the section I wish to review, are while not necessarily wrong, based on mtDNA data, which is low-resolution while the original section is based on Y-DNA data which has a far higher resolution. --Denoir 00:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)