i've now edited the section 'academic credentials' to include material appearing earlier about his starting a ph d thesis and i trust this is more acceptable to you regarding your 'nydahl states he started writing a doctorate thesis i think we have no reason to doubt this claim ' i would add on reflection that i neither in fact nor substance sought to show anything in the article about what mishlove might or might not have understood but merely showed that the claim that nydahl been credited with a ph d thesis for which a 'citation needed' template had been added was well founded and provided the necessary citation