Outdent It depends on what supports it being a fringe belief of course all the skeptic journals say its fake and all the paranormal journals say its real A hypothesis isnt automatically a fringe idea from the day its thought up It really comes down to how many people stand on each side of the debate If that could be quantified I think we could end a lot of the tugofwar that goes on over the wording Has a poll ever been done by a third party not one that purports or denies EVP that tells what percentage of the population believes it is real If its a tiny minority then of course its a fringe idea but if its even close to  then its at least not fringe thinking even if its not accepted by everyone Of course the argument can be made that the general public is gullible etc but for the purpose of an encyclopedia thats about the best neutral indicator we could go by  Come to think of it having a numerical statistic in the article could eliminate some of the generally acceptedgenerally refuted type of word bickering since wed have it quantified  It would really be great to get the initial wording down in an NPOV way due to how much the article contains already There is a great deal of information included for both sides with good sources it just comes down to which side is right and which side is wrong and thats personal opinion And thought Id point out about the definition clearly some people disagree because it started an edit war It stands to reason that if a neutral ground isnt struck it will never be anything but an edit war