Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evolutionary theory of sex
I am very torn about this article. It is probably notable, but it describes a theory that is not widely known outside Russia. It definitely is not mainstream, at least in the West, but I would not go so far as to claim it is a "crank theory": that strikes me as a bit harsh. There are numerous scientific theories that are far more popular in one country than another, or one language than another. That said, I do think that this article (and its set of associated articles) suffers from unclear writing, mainly because the author is not a native English speaker. I have, since I found out about these articles on Wikipedia, encouraged people more expert than myself to try to cut away some of the verbal undergrowth and boil these articles down to something more comprehensible, but it is a daunting task. Someone who knows the theories, probably from reading and fully understanding them in the original Russian, and who speaks and writes good English is required. We just do not have such a person readily available on English Wikipedia, as far as I know. So I do not know what to do; as they stand, the articles are pretty incomprehensible, at least to me. They were even worse before we cleaned them up a bit. On the other hand, I do not think they are worthless either, but I am not sure how to salvage them without the right kind of resources to throw at them. So, I am not sure what to do. This is a far more complicated question than dealing with something that has almost no scientific merit, like Electronic Voice Phenomenon. It is a  theory in a certain way, but not in the same way EVP is or intelligent design; it is real science, and respectable. But still
— User:Filll, 23:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:FRINGE (Wikipedia:Fringe theories)