Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buddhist anarchism


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The result was   merge to Gary Snyder. Black Kite (talk) 23:18, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Buddhist anarchism

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Vague, tenuous, connecting sources in a synthetic manner, bulk of article is not sourced. Largely original research. Semitransgenic talk. 22:04, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge the first paragraph of the "Dharma Bums" section and Redirect to Gary Snyder. He wrote a reasonably well-known essay by that title. For more explanation, see which can be used as an RS for that paragraph. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 23:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * that very brief essay is mentioned in the article, problem is, the discussion of the "concept" touched upon by Snyder, as presented in the article, is WP:OR.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:14, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Buddhism-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:15, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * My read is that that the one single paragraph I mentioned can be sourced to the reference I provided and would thus not be OR. But I do not feel strongly about this if others disagree. Even if no content is merged, I think a redirect would still be warranted given the title of Snyder's essay but, somewhat in the spirit of the topic, it's all good. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 16:01, 5 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - A classic example of an original essay, prohibited by WP:NOR. Carrite (talk) 17:58, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge to Gary Snyder. I didn't check the link supplied by IP 24.151... above. The 1961 essay by that title indicates that this isn't fully original research, but rather is Snyder's idea. Carrite (talk) 18:01, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Yeh, sure, maybe everyone begins their introduction to the subject of buddhist anarchism by mentioning Snyder's name, but then they continue for another six paragraphs about the belief itself. Not to mention that Zenarchy links here, and if you look at that for sources : : you will see it is even more widely used, and should have been merged properly, as the close of Articles for deletion/Zenarchy directed. Anarchangel (talk) 01:00, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 06:27, 13 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Merge to Gary Snyder. I don't see enough sources in my searches for this article topic to warrant its own page, but I do see the phrase more associated with Snyder than not, and redirects are indeed cheap. The rest of the article is a whole lot of original conclusions. czar ♔   06:44, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you do better than that? I am quite sure that, say, books, are more often associated with their authors than not. I surely hope that redirects are not quite that cheap. Anarchangel (talk) 02:36, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Do better than what? "Buddhist anarchism" is not described in books/articles (gbooks, LexisNexis, JSTOR, ProQuest, Questia, etc.) as a concrete, separate philosophy. The phrase is associated with Snyder, so I recommended directing the phrase there. czar ♔   02:53, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
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