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Proposed deletion of Angels and Demons in Biblical Interpretation


The article Angels and Demons in Biblical Interpretation has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * WP:NOT

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What WP:NOT means
Hi! I came across your articles while looking at things that are currently being prodded for deletion. I thought that I should probably explain what "WP:NOT" means and why your articles are up for deletion in one format or another. The biggest problem is that these articles read like a personal research paper. This is something that should absolutely be avoided at all costs. This is because nine times out of ten articles that come off as a research paper often contain personal opinions, original research (WP:OR), and other things that keep it from resembling a neutrally written and encyclopedic article. Even if you include sources, if the page still comes across like a personal research paper then it will still be nominated for deletion. I sort of get the vibe that this is probably for a college course, so I would like to recommend that you look into creating any further articles in your userspace before adding them to the mainspace and run them through WP:AFC before adding them. (See WP:USERFY.) Articles in the userspace won't show up in the mainspace, but this also means that they are unlikely to get deleted for various reasons and you can continue to work on them. Even though you are potentially working on a college assignment, the articles still have to pass Wikipedia's guidelines for tone, notability, and such. I don't mean to sound harsh or mean, just saying that you'll probably do better if you work on stuff in the userspace and then run it through the more seasoned experts, otherwise you might find your stuff getting reverted or deleted. I see that you're also one of many students working on the Angels in Judaism article, so it might be a good idea for you to recommend this to the other students and for them to kind of run things by the talk page or one of the users that monitor the board to see if the sources and tone are appropriate. I don't want to sound like anyone is taking ownership of the article, just that I've noticed that a lot of the edits are getting reverted for various reasons (tone, lack of sourcing, etc) and it'd be a time-saver if you worked on this in your userspace first and then asked one of the more experienced editors such as User:Ian.thomson to go over them. (Sort of like training wheels on a bike.) Then once you get more of a hang of things, then you can sort of cast off the training wheels and go it on your own. There's no shame in this and it's actually better to get help from another editor and do it a slightly longer way than it is to create an article or add something, only for it to be removed later on for various reasons.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 07:53, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've userfied a copy of your stuff for you: User:RacheleJocelynMiryam/Demons in Apotropaic Prayers and Incantations, User:RacheleJocelynMiryam/Angels and Demons in Biblical Interpretation. This way if the stuff gets deleted before your assignment is due or if you want to continue to work on them, you'll have a copy to pull the previous info from.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 08:01, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Demons in Apotropaic Prayers and Incantations for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Demons in Apotropaic Prayers and Incantations is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Demons in Apotropaic Prayers and Incantations until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 08:01, 12 December 2012 (UTC)