Talk:Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas

A fact from Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 February 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that it will probably never be known for sure whether the Phoenicians ever sailed to the Americas?

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Did Phoenicians beat Columbus by 2000 years?

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/28/world/americas/phoenician-christopher-columbus-america-sailboat/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.216.127.242 (talk) 21:10, 1 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fringe|Pseudoscience|Pseudohistory

Most sources who use any of these descriptors use the latter two. Fritze uses fringe%20fringe&f=false. Using the latter term - GBooks[1] (not all of course), %20pseudoscience%7Cpseudohistory&f=false [2]%20fringe&f=false Doug Weller talk 16:05, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lucio Russo contribution

I made the changes on 10/15/2016 anonimously while I was not logged in. Sorry about that. Now you know their mine :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ygmarchi (talk • contribs) 16:31, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Has anyone reported, adopted, or critiqued Russo's ideas? If not, it's probably not significant enough to include in this article. If so, those secondary sources should be included. St Anselm (talk) 18:35, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sherbrooke Stones

What about the Sherbrooke Stones? "The [Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke] museum hold the famous Sherbrooke Stones, discovered at a nearby Bromptonville in the early 1900's, which may - or may not - be evidence of Carthaginian exploration of Canada 2,500 years ago." Treasures Of Canada by Alan Samuel 1998, p. 121. ~~ Read This Newspaper Article From 1975 Por Favor 24.228.180.35 (talk) 18:17, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Large Baldwin quote

Why the large quote, presumably chosen by the editor who added it? It would be better to have a secondary source perhaps. Doug Weller talk 19:22, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Recent research updates

Although I am a relatively new Wikian, I noticed the same observation regarding the disproportionate quoted-text amount from conclusive passages of 1-2 scholars so early on in this page, whose uncorroborated opinions make this theory on the whole appear to the layperson as authoritatively debunked, which is not the current case academically beyond conjectural debates among anthropologists. Our language must be careful here to not prematurely lead readers to factually assume we are saying the entire theory is a hoax, lest history prove us wrong. Given that isolated forgery cases should not discredit the multitude of possibilities for Mediterranean interaction with the New World on the whole -- particularly given that exploration of America’s archaeological finds has not yet been exhaustive and new testing methods are emerging. I had conducted a modest literature review on this subject this past month and will attempt to ever-so-subtly balance out the overall tone of the article by making some moderate additions, trying to tiptoe the minefield of discernment between false science and acceptable sources, and invite fellow editors to join me in the same. Please watch for the changes as they come, and do be chatty — talk welcome!