Talk:Charles Fort

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I have added a bit to show the influence of Fort (usually subterranean) on contemporary philosophy of science. BScotland.

Contents 1 Rain of fish 2 POV? 3 Fort, Forteana, Forteanism, Anomalous phenomenon and other Fortean topics 4 Fort and Sherlock 5 Anna Filing 6 Twin pages on books

[edit] Rain of fish

Actually, rain of meat, frog and fish are well stablished facts these days. They have happened recently, are documented and there are scientific explanations to account for them. The meat is basically cattle taken by a whirlwind and butchered in the sky. They are all frozen, which is indicative of the high altitudes they are taken to. 201.79.81.239 14:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV?

This article has serious POV problems. Rather than claiming outright that Fort had a "poetic," or "passionate" style of writing (neither of which appear to be evident in the quotes you provided; mere epigrams), wouldn't it be preferable to indicate whether these claims are shared by his critics? Consistently throughout the article, fort's ideas are treated with opionated narrative rather than objective analysis. Case in point: "Sceptics and critics frequently misunderstand Fort in the face of these examples and consider him as credulous and naïve — he was not."

If someone does see this, I hope some relevant changes might be made. I am in no position to edit a page on which I am ill-informed on, but the article does need bit of neutralizing.

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I happened across this page and saw the statement you quoted above (before I even checked this page) and one other that I believe weren't even trying to remain object and changed them. There are probably lots of things like that that need fixing. I'll probably make some go throughs later. DreamGuy 02:35, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fort, Forteana, Forteanism, Anomalous phenomenon and other Fortean topics

Coming to Wikipedia from a Fortean perspective, I believe it would be worthwhile to take a fresh look at taxonomy, because Forteana actually includes all of these areas (and many others) under its broader umbrella. Some things I would like to take on include: (1) Develop a new Forteana or Forteanism article and transfer some of the general Forteana amd Forteanism content sitting in Charles Fort there; (2) Consider merging Anomalous phenomena with new Forteana article; (3) create Category:Forteana and promote it above certain existing related categories such as Category:Paranormal phenomena. I anticipate community debate on this idea. Wikipedians coming from the classically skeptical perspective may not be very interested in Forteana and probably will not agree at all, for instance. For this reason I am interested in hearing input from other like-minded Forteans. — FJ | hello 20:10, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

I took it upon myself to create Category:Forteana and wrote my first official Forteana article called Medical oddities. I will venture into the Category talk:Forteana area and begin putting my feelers out to test the waters further, and would still appreciate any input. — FJ | hello 20:30, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

Just to note that you haven't actually created the category - you've just categorised the articles. You actually have to edit Category:Forteana and put a brief description as to what the category is about first. --khaosworks 20:00, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

I've created the category. --khaosworks 21:16, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

Whoops, thank you for the catch! — FJ | hello 20:17, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fort and Sherlock

See also a short story called "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" by J. N. Williamson (1997) in which, somewhat anachronisticly, Charles Fort and Sherlock Holmes correspond.

J.M.W.

[edit] Anna Filing

Shouldn't the Anna Filing article be merged with this one? She doesn't strike me as being notable enough to have a page of her own. —Meidosemme 01:37, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Some of us believe that every soul who has ever lived is notable enough to have a page of their own, so long as that page remains purely NPOV. --Chr.K. 08:24, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Twin pages on books

A link provided in the page connects to The Book of the Damned; however, there is another, more detailed page concerning the same work, entitled Book of the Damned (more detailed, but inaccurate in title). These two should be merged. --Chr.K. 08:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)