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Prions are smaller than viroids

"Viroids are the smallest infectious pathogens known to biologists". This statement in the entry is not factually correct. 2600:1009:B164:FC49:E973:18F3:B83D:C21D (talk) 23:01, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As I see, this sentence has been remoed meanwhile. Nevertheless prions should be included, details can be found in the table provided at Kingdom (biology)#Comparison of top level classification. Ernsts (talk) 08:30, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Theoretical/opinion-based article presented as factual - rampant problems and not scientifically grounded

The entire basis of this article, to include the validity of its current title, is not accepted by the majority of the scientific community. This is even stated in one of the page's main sources, which directly states that it is ignoring academic discussion of the matter, runs contrary to commonly-accepted opinion, and is generally the personal opinion of its sole author (Trifonov, 2012).

I have not analyzed the sources in detail, but those I did look at were of extremely poor quality. Single authors, anthropological preaching about what is fundamentally a scientific subject, etc. One even appears to now redirect to some kind of scam website?

Given that the cell theory of life is accepted by the large majority of experts, the fundamental nature of this article is rejected by most scientific sources - ergo, most do not agree that there can be any non-cellular life. In this regard, I propose page deletion if no credible academic sources can be found to substantiate this page's continued existence. Not opinion articles, not single scientists making statements, an actual credible academic resource or organization that supports this page. Frankly, it just looks like some anthropologist trying to validate his own perspective by writing it into Wikipedia.

If not deletion, massive rewrite will be necessary. Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 04:09, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 :As I see, this sentence has been remoed meanwhile. Nevertheless prions should be included, details can be found in the table provided at [[Kingdom (biology)#Comparison of top level classification]]. [[User:Ernsts|Ernsts]] ([[User talk:Ernsts|talk]]) 08:30, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
+== Theoretical/opinion-based article presented as factual - rampant problems and not scientifically grounded ==
+The entire basis of this article, to include the validity of its current title, is not accepted by the majority of the scientific community. This is even stated in one of the page's main sources, which directly states that it is ignoring academic discussion of the matter, runs contrary to commonly-accepted opinion, and is generally the personal opinion of its sole author (Trifonov, 2012).
+I have not analyzed the sources in detail, but those I did look at were of '''extremely''' poor quality. Single authors, anthropological preaching about what is fundamentally a scientific subject, etc. One even appears to now redirect to some kind of scam website?
+Given that the [[Cell theory|cell theory of life]] is accepted by the large majority of experts, the fundamental nature of this article is rejected by most scientific sources - ergo, most do not agree that there can be ''any'' non-cellular life. In this regard, '''I propose page deletion''' if no credible academic sources can be found to substantiate this page's continued existence. Not opinion articles, not single scientists making statements, an actual credible academic resource or organization that supports this page. Frankly, it just looks like some anthropologist trying to validate his own perspective by writing it into Wikipedia.
+If not deletion, massive rewrite will be necessary. [[User:Just-a-can-of-beans|Just-a-can-of-beans]] ([[User talk:Just-a-can-of-beans|talk]]) 04:09, 13 December 2023 (UTC)