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The "Controversy" section is mostly uncited: there are mentions of the works where others disagreed (with a year placed in parenthesis) but these will need to be converted into citations and the prose afterwards also cited to their works. The section also has several, long block quotes. Even though many of these quotes are from the 1800s, and probably do not fall under copyright anymore, I think the information can be better explained and more easily understood by the reader as summarised prose. Z1720 (talk) 15:26, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The content in the "Controversy" section seems to be directly out of the John Stachel reference, which uses quotes and the parenthesis. I think the section size is undue or at least it is unclear: the controversy was about Fresnel's justification for his formula, not about Fizeau's experiment. Stachel needed these quotes to build his case, but we only need the Stachel reference to give the case he has built.

I propose to reorganize the article by converting the Controversy section to a section on "Impact" which would include the Stachel story line about Fizeau's result as well as Einstein's use of the Fizeau result. I would would change the "derivation from special relativity" to "Modern interpretation". I think there should be a Background or Context section before "Experimental setup" outlining why the experiment was undertaken.

@ReyHahn any thoughts? Johnjbarton (talk) 23:52, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720 I worked this article over. Please review. Johnjbarton (talk) 19:55, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnjbarton: I added "citation needed" tags to places where I feel a statement is provided without the equation or demonstration verifying the information. Please take a look at them and add the citation if it is necessary, or let me know why a citation is not needed in that location. Z1720 (talk) 23:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I fixed those you marked. Johnjbarton (talk) 03:46, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]