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I archived the old discussions, although they're all essentially the same issues that occurred over at Talk:Omega Point (Tipler) they're ancient history now and we can start afresh. 58.96.94.12 (talk) 23:32, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Over at Talk:Omega Point (Tipler), we're considering whether the article might be best served by folding back into this, are there any thoughts from the editors working on this? Your feedback would be welcomed. 58.96.94.12 (talk) 02:11, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Despite the unhelpful bickering at the "Omega Point (Tipler)" article, there was a general consensus to Merge. - LuckyLouie (talk) 14:02, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is a good solution for the moment, we are now just facing the problem that this article isn't a biography, it discusses "theories by Frank Tipler". But short of splitting this into articles on the individual books (such as The Physics of Immortality (book)), I see no obvious way around this: this article was never a biography to begin with, and it has little or no potential to ever become one. --dab (𒁳) 14:06, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A fundamental problem is that Tipler's early work regarding Omega point theory (before he became obsessed with Christianity) is sometimes cited in serious Physics journals, while his later work that identifies Omega point singularities as "God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" are rightly seen by the mainstream as fringe theory not worthy of comment. - LuckyLouie (talk) 14:21, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For the sake of any editors not involved, there used to be a separate page Omega Point (Tipler) which needed improvement, was improved and then merged into this article. 58.96.94.12 (talk) 23:23, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed this as "not in citation given", but later found the page located at this url. However I feel the language that was used to describe an early paper of Tipler's as "selected as "[one of] the very best articles published in Reports on Progress in Physics in 2005. Articles were selected [...] for their outstanding reviews of the field. They all received the highest praise...etc." is unnecessary vanity and unencyclopedic. - LuckyLouie (talk) 17:44, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]