Talk:Exotic baryon

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Not enough material here for an independent page. Bambaiah 17:34, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

  • Blow it out your butt. It's enough information, and it's good information. Aside, which article would you have it rather be on?
I think that Bambaiah made this comment when this page was completely different. At that time there was probably a large overlap with the page on pentaquarks and he decided to make this page a redirect to that page. I deleted the redirect and wrote most of the current page, Bambaiah also made some edits.Count Iblis 16:17, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
The article doesn't actually define what an exotic baryon is, just one criterion that must be true. A bound state of 51 quarks and 6 antiquarks would not be an exotic baryon. A bound state of 30 quarks and 27 antiquarks would be. Can you discern why, based on the information in this article? No. So, still not enough material for an independent page. Maybe someone who actually knows what they're talking about can waste their precious time rewriting the article, instead of the jokers above. --76.224.69.253 13:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
I think the article is pretty clear about what exotic baryons are. Now, I'm a physicist and I think Bambaiah is too, so we are certainly not "jokers" who don't know what they are talking about. A rigorous clear cut defintion would be nonsensical, because "exotic" is inherently an imprecise term. The article simply reflects this and is therefore accurate. This is something we encouter often when writing about physics. Even when writing in peer reviewed journals, you'll often prefer to use inaccurate vague language over of very rigorous precise language to make the text easier to read. Count Iblis 14:08, 5 November 2007 (UTC)