User:Solis93/sandbox

My name is Gerald del Campo. I am the CEO of The Order of Thelemic Knights, which apparently had a page on Wikipedia that was taken down in 2011. I have just become aware of this.

On the deletion page some one noted that our non-profit, tax-exempt organization is a "blatant hoax" as if the organization didn't exist. As the CEO of this organization, which works along side of The Red Cross and *many* other charities, I take exception to this (as would the IRS) as it doesn't appear as though the editors who reviewed the page took much care in researching it. Furthermore, there are articles on Wikipedia itself that reference pages written by our members on our website. We also do a fair bit of publishing, which can be verified with a quick search on Amazon.com - we are listed as a non-profit organization by the Oregon Secretary of State, where our headquarters resides. Quite frankly, I am disappointed that an organization that does the sort of work we do would be so easily blown off by your editors with so little research. The subject matter "Thelema" is subject to great political bias and manipulation by some Wikipedia editors who are members of a supposed competing organization. If you allow that sort of manipulation to continue, Wikipedia will no longer be a source of unbiased factual information.

I am asking you to reconsider reversing the decision to delete, and perhaps spend a little time understanding the sort of work that we have done, and continue to do for the greater good in the name of our chosen spiritual paradigm. Please forgive, I am not familiar with the mechanics of writing there, and I simply don't have the time to learn a new language. Standard HTML would have been very cool since most people already know that. :)

The Oregon Secretary of State URL. Simply go to http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.do_name_srch?p_name=ORDER%20OF%20THELEMIC%20KNIGHTS&p_regist_nbr=&p_srch=PHASE1&p_print=FALSE&p_entity_status=ACTINA

A copy of our trademark filing: http://it.zibb.com/trademark/order+of+thelemic+knights/29900971

Another: http://www.trademarkia.com/logo-76205557.html

Here is a link to a newspaper who mentions the work we did on behalf of a battered women's shelter. http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may122008/bradley-angle_5-12-08.php

You will see that we do in fact exist.

Here, we are mentioned for the work we do with battered women. http://altreligion.about.com/b/2011/01/03/how-important-is-a-prophet.htm

Our Church (The Thelemic Gnostic Church of Alexandria) is listed as a jurisdiction at the North American College of Gnostic Bishops. http://www.nacgb.org/member_jurisdictions.html

Guidestar.org http://www2.guidestar.org/organizations/93-1275678/order-thelemic-knights.aspx

Charity Blossom http://www.charityblossom.org/nonprofit/order-of-thelemic-knights-portland-or-97280-gerald-del-campo-931275678/

Manta http://www.manta.com/c/mrytqrx/the-order-of-thelemic-knights

All over the place, articles written by our members serve as sources for other articles. Here's an example at New World Encyclopedia: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais

Thelema for Beginners web site: http://sites.google.com/site/thelemaforbeginners/home/12-thelemic-organizations

A podcast where I was interviewed about the Order of Thelemic Knights: http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/350343

We are also registered with GoodSearch.com. http://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/order-of-thelemic-knights.aspx

And we are listed as a Thelemic Organization on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema

Here we are at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/185-2501330-7856453?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Order+of+Thelemic+Knights&x=0&y=0

This is archived permanently: http://hermetic.com/beastbay/984636406/

http://thelema.tribe.net/thread/f3109071-ef15-47a2-86a2-a2cfd59ca76c

http://egnu93.wordpress.com/bishops/united-states/tau-apollonius/

We are referenced on many books searchable at amazon.com

While it is the policy of the Red Cross NOT to post organizations they work with on their web site, we do have a pile of letters from organization thanking us for our assistance during emergencies like Hurricane Katrina, where we provided security services. Please contact me with any questions you might have. I could even arrange a phone call if you prefer.

Once again, thank you for your time and effort. If I have made any mistakes here, allow me to apologize in advance for them.

Sincerely, Gerald del Campo CEO Order of Thelemic Knights