== Article lead == 

 Dave souza has proposed modification of the article lead and I largely agree with his remarks concerning the adequacy thereof. At the time of this post it reads; 

  

 Clearly we are going to have to work to make the lead NPOV, to offer a balanced representation of the claims made by supporters and opponents, and to deal very carefully with the connection with scientific issues and ID theory. We also need to include some brief overview of the primary concepts involved. With those issues in mind, I would propose the following rewording; 

  

 I think this fairly represents the EAAN itself, along with what has been "claimed" and "argued" in regards of same. I trust it is sufficiently neutral to at least provide the basis for a new article lead. 

 I note, however, that any resolute critic would be able to object that some elements in the proposed lead have no supporting citations, either in the lead or in the article itself. I have included them because (1) I think they are fair representations of the state of the discussion; and (2) I hope that supporting citation may yet be found. 

 Such elements might actually be unallowable, to be frank, but the aim should be to find supporting citations rather than reject outright what I think people will recognize as "common knowledge". I suggest that where there is no supporting WP:RS but the claim in question is considered to have merit, the claim can be removed to an issue specific thread on the talk-page - not to make it the topic of unsubstantiated WP:OR discussions, but so that editors can be reminded of the need to deal with the topic in an appropriate way. 

 So while there may be contestable elements in the above, I hope the overall structure of the above is about right, and that at some future time even the constable elements might be put beyond doubt. I only note in closing that we are putting the cart before the horse somewhat. In theory, at least, the lead should summarize the body content - which itself is a long way from taking on a "final" form. 

 Comments?