Talk:Controversy over Cantor's theory/Archive 1

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The never-ending debate about Cantor's Theory in Usenet is very real, as can be verified using Google Groups. This article is an attempt to give an overview of the more sensible views on this topic from a neutral point of view, and also to give some historical background. I (the original author) have to admit that I've never seen any published research on the Usenet debate, and hence, possibly this article is "original research", which does not belong in the encyclopedia. On the other hand, it's likely that many people, after seeing the debate in sci.math and sci.logic, will want to look in the Wikipedia for a level-headed analysis of the debate, and so I think the article is somewhat important.

Also, if anyone out there wants to edit this article, please be sure that you understand both sides of the debate so that you can give a neutral point of view. -Dave

Hi Dave. Dave Petry, I think, am I right? I'm Mike Oliver (as it says on my user page; not trying to hide anything).

So certainly there is room in Wikipedia for a discussion of the views of people "opposed" in whatever sense to modern set theory. If it's to be this article, it will need some serious revision, though; right now it does seem to be largely your personal observations. The fact that I don't agree with your characterization of the arguments is beside the point at the moment, unless I want to actually enter into the discussion, which I kind of do, but there are other things I ought to be doing. I'll post a note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics and we'll see what shakes out. --Trovatore 03:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it's Dave Petry. The article is my best attempt to explain what the debate is all about, as objectively and neutrally as possible. I do not think the article should be dismissed as "original research". I assume you're the one who had that tag put in the article?

Actually, no. You can find out such things by clicking on the "history" tab. (While viewing the article, not the talk page. If you click on history while viewing the talk page, you'll se the history of the talk page.) --Trovatore 01:25, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

PS I would encourage you to register an account, and then to sign your remarks on talk pages by appending four tildes: ~~~~ --Trovatore 01:32, 6 October 2005 (UTC)