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A Course in Miracles
Hi KarenBentley, just thought I'd drop in to explain what's needed here.

Firstly, it's very unlikely that Wikipedia (WP) will accept 2 articles on such similar topics - we call this a 'fork' (i.e. 2 prongs of the same object). I've suggested a merge and so far nobody (including the nominator, really) has suggested deletion, so I expect a merger will go ahead rather than straight deletion.

Secondly, all articles have to be Verifiable by other editors to check that editors aren't making things up or expressing their own points of view or even creating their own theories or research work. Therefore, there have to be references to outside sources that are considered reliable (think, history textbook, the New York Times, the BBC's website). Essentially every claim that anyone might challenge must be cited, and especially every quotation must be also. A reference is simply a piece of text inside tags, like - it's not at all complicated. Personal websites and blogs are generally not considered reliable, as anybody could have made them up.

You'll see, I think, if you reflect on this way of doing things, that the article needs quite a number of references to bring it up to the standard of a global encyclopedia. I'll be happy to lend a hand if you need help organising your references.

Hope this helps! Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:37, 29 December 2013 (UTC)