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The recent controversy over the Homo naledi discovery needs clearer attribution of quotations. The parts added today by User:MikeRumex include four quotations and three source links, but the links are all grouped together in the header rather than appended to the quotations they document. It's also not clear to me what is the reason for boldface presentation of some parts of the quotations. My guess is it's not exactly NPOV, but it's possible it reflects boldface or other emphasis in the source stories. Further, the reference to "the generally accepted consensus on the history of writing" and the assertion that "Motshekga has no training in science" need documentation, or need to be removed. Mind you, I'm not saying this because I doubt Motshekga said the things attributed to him, nor because I think he's right in his assertions about the age of humanity or the biases underlying theories of human evolution; I think it's likely he said these things, and I think they're naive and/or absurd. But they need to be documented properly. I'm trying to tease an eowiki article about the guy out of the enwiki one, and I won't be able to go into the detail I'd have liked until this mess is cleared up. -- Haruo ( talk) 00:21, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
It must be turned into a real bio page or else deleted, or moved to a page on Homo Naledi
Bio detail on Dr Motshekga can be found at the link in the article and in several other places eg here: https://www.nelsonmandela.org/omalley/index.php/site/q/03lv02424/04lv02426/05lv02596.htm
He has a doctorate from UNISA and a masters in law from Harvard. These type of things can not be omitted from a page like this.
There are many examples of good bio's on Wikipedia.
I understand the intent here. The recent statements from him are controversial and worth documenting, but this is a page on him and not only on what he said about Homo Naledi.
GramlerGrindstone (
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08:57, 16 September 2015 (UTC)