Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lewis Harrison


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 02:46, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Lewis Harrison

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Bio of a non-notble yoga, meditation, etc. teacher... No reliable sources as well. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 19:01, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions.   —Ism schism (talk) 19:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions.   —Ism schism (talk) 19:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Notability not established. --Dreamspy (talk) 19:26, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with Nom, self promotion. Operating (talk) 21:39, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Author claimed on my talk page to be an independent person called Drew but it smells like self-promotion to me. &mdash; RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 07:46, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non notable and no reliable sources.Paste (talk) 20:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: An article about a person that is an American Author, Teacher, Practical Philosopher and a pioneer that doesn't show notability. Schuy m 1  ( talk ) 02:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not satisfy WP:BIO. - Eldereft (cont.) 17:35, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, fails the everything test. RFerreira (talk) 18:57, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, no proof found of notability. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep there is proof of notability regarding the many published books alone. Samples:

From http://www.gordonresearch.com/articles_various/bibliography.html (Bibliography by a Dr. Gordon (an MD) on alternative and dietary healing books): "Harrison, Lewis. Helping Yourself with Natural Healing. (1988) Prentice Hall, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632. ISBN (paperbound) 0-13-386731-5. This book written by a teacher and consultant in creative personal development, has put together a remarkable list of natural healing remedies for most common health problems, including: aroma therapy, Edgar Cayce remedies, visualization techniques, hydrotherapy; tissue salts and homeopathy." From amazon and elsewhere: "Healing Depression Naturally" (With an Introduction By Jack Canfield Co-Author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series)"

Canfield, who wrote the intro to one of these books is well known and notable, and i have certainly heard of these two books by Harrison (although i have not read them myself). They were pretty good sellers when they came out. Several people recommended the "Depression" one to me or said it had helped them. I have no brief for the guy, but he was spotted on my personal radar at least.

I agree with RHaworth, above, that it does look a bit spookish that this "Drew" fellow claims to be a student of Lewis Harrison; the whole thing does look like self-promotion to me -- BUT, i think the guy actually is notable. I suggest that someone work with "Drew" (or Harrison) to hammer out a briefer, less self-promotional entry.

catherine yronwode Catherineyronwode (talk) 03:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * UPDATE I have cut the page by 6,500 bites (to about 2/3 of its length) and tagged it for facts at the rate of one tag per paragraph. I have put a notice to that effect on the page of the person who created the page. I will also attempt to contact the subject of this BLP and see if he can help supply reliable sources. I VASTLY prefer this sort of editing to automatic deletion and the assumption of self-promotion or bad faith. Because the rules of the AfD process allow me to remove the call for deletion if i significantly improve the article, i will try to do a bit of fact checking myself, and if i can find anything, i will remove the AfD tag. In the meantime, i hope that others may undertake at least a five-minute trip around the web to see if any notability tests are met. See the srticles talk page for google snippets. Thanks! cat yronwode Catherineyronwode (talk) 04:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Do NOT remove the Afd tag until the discussion is closed. If you do so it will be replaced. Operating (talk) 10:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment This article is still about a non-notable, even with the recent edits and notes on the talk page. A search still reveals that this individual is not the subject of reliable sources independent of the subject. As such, this article should be deleted. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 00:16, 2 October 2008 (UTC)


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