User talk:NirvanicWarrior

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Proposed deletion of Nirvanic Conceptualism
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Nirvanic Conceptualism, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. JohnCD (talk) 19:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

(I'm trying to talk to JohnCD I don't know if this works)
 * Yes, it works, but best to add new material at the foot of the page. JohnCD (talk) 19:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi JohnCD, this is William Dattilio, Nirvanic Conceptualism is officially a published work in the Library of Congress and thus a real philosophy. It may grow in short time, I understand maybe I can't write it... what if you write it for me?
 * No time to reply at once but I will within 2 hours - watch this space... JohnCD (talk) 19:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Your article Nirvanic Conceptualism
(Just missed my deadline, sorry!) The problem with your article is not so much that you are writing about your own ideas - that does raise the question of conflict of interest, but that is best met by acknowledging your interest. It wouldn't help to put the article in under my username, and anyway I am not (philosophically) qualified.

The problem is that one of Wikipedia's three key content policies is that we publish No Original Research, and that is what your ideas are. Yes, your book has been published, but anyone can publish a book; you could cite it as a reference, but it is a primary source as defined in WP:OR, and that is not enough.

Another, linked, problem is to show that your philosophy is notable enough for an article. That is not a value-judgement that Wikipedia makes itself; the (fairly) objective test is whether other people independent of you have thought it interesting enough to write about. In the words of the notability guideline, has it "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"?

In my opinion, your article doesn't meet Wikipedia's requirements, for those two reasons; however, I am not Authority, Wikipedia doesn't work like that. If you look at the Proposed Deletion template on the article, you will see that anyone, including you, can remove it if they disagree with deletion for any reason. You can take it off yourself, or ask me to do so. What would happen then is that I would list the Article at Articles for deletion, where anyone interested (including you) could express their opinion (in terms of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines) and after five days an admin would decide whether there was a consensus to delete the article.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:30, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * P.S. I have tidied the layout a bit. You can find quick advice on editing at WP:Cheatsheet which gives links to more detailed information at WP:How to edit a page. JohnCD (talk) 21:58, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Read User:Uncle G/On notability. It will help. Uncle G (talk) 11:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)