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:2. The editors seemed solely interested in maintaining ''their point of view that Darius the Mede was a fictional person'' to the extent that they would maintain references for things certain authors didn't say!  I would call them out on it and they would simply refuse.  Thus I accused them of Astroturfing and intellectual prostitution which you will find on the talk page there in the section wrongly named: "Original Research".

:2. The editors seemed solely interested in maintaining ''their point of view that Darius the Mede was a fictional person'' to the extent that they would maintain references for things certain authors didn't say!  I would call them out on it and they would simply refuse.  Thus I accused them of Astroturfing and intellectual prostitution which you will find on the talk page there in the section wrongly named: "Original Research".

Therefore I vastly ported my edits and created this page which at time of writing is still a work in progress, but an effort on a subject where there is no academic consensus, I have sought to present all the positions of sceptics and the various attempts at historical harmonisation in as consise and reference manner as possible.  If you find some of the sources to be questionable, please understand that they are there regardless of our personal beliefs on the subject to show the positions of others.

Therefore I vastly ported my edits and created this page which at time of writing is still a work in progress, but an effort on a subject where there is no academic consensus, I have sought to present all the positions of sceptics and the various attempts at historical harmonisation in as consise and reference manner as possible.  If you find some of the sources to be questionable, please understand that they are there regardless of our personal beliefs on the subject to show the positions of others.

You will also have to note that particularly in reference to "In the Book of Daniel" the subject mater is HEAVILY intertwined with the subject of Darius the Mede as one has a bearing upon the other. {{unsigned}}

You will also have to note that particularly in reference to "In the Book of Daniel" the subject mater is HEAVILY intertwined with the subject of Darius the Mede as one has a bearing upon the other. {{unsigned|AnthonyPvanDuyn}}