User talk:Robert43

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Also, thank you for your recent addition to the Shambhala page. I wanted to mention that the Popular Culture section which you expanded has been marked for possible deletion, and a discussion is currently open on that page's talk page about it. There is a general move in this encyclopedia away from sections like that, for a variety of reasons. My personal view is that if items in and of themselves are notable and they contribute to the general understanding of the article, then they add value. But lists like such-and-such in popular culture tend to accumulate a lot of "and also" this and that which doesn't add further understanding to the topic. They also seem to attract non-neutral point of view (non-encyclopedic) or promotional references. If you could help us review that section for which entries add to the usefulness of the article that would be much appreciated. We might just try to add a separate paragraph or two about interest in Shambhala generally or misunderstandings of generally as a way to capture the content in an encyclopedic fashion, we're not sure yet. - Owlmonkey (talk) 06:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)