[WikiEN-l] Outrageous!

[Fred Bauder]

In 1536 [Copernicus'] work was already in a definitive form, and some
rumours about his theory had reached the scientists of all Europe. From many
parts of the Continent, Copernicus received invitations to publish it, but
he felt quite apprehensive of persecution for his revolutionary work by the
establishment of the time. The cardinal Nicola Schonberg of Capua wrote him
for a copy of his manuscript, and this made Copernicus, who saw in this a
certain nervousness of the Church, even more frightened of eventual
reactions.

References: From the Wikipedia article, "Nicolaus Copernicus"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus

> From: Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 05:01:58 -0700
> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Outrageous!
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>> From: Robert Graham Merkel <rgmerk at mira.net>
>> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
>> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:35:32 +1100
>> To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
>> Subject: [WikiEN-l] cranks and deleting
>> 
>> If the Wikipedia had existed back in the 1530's and
>> user:Copernicus had added a piece on [[Sun-centred universe theory]] we
>> would have been perfectly correct to delete the article after listing on
>> VfD and suggest that he first publish his work elsewhere.
> 
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