Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahatma Letters


 * 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   merge to Ascended master. Black Kite 00:40, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Mahatma Letters

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This is a content fork of Ascended master and should be merged back or deleted as a fairly trivial definition of words (particularly considering the extensive definition of Mahātmā). Wikipedia does not benefit by having every possible variation of words or neologism anyone applied to the subject of Theosophy over the last 130 years becoming separate articles. —Ash (talk) 17:38, 16 November 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 00:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions.  -- Ash (talk) 17:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spirituality-related deletion discussions.  -- Ash (talk) 17:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep,  easily satisfies WP:N and WP:V.  Google Books finds more than 640 books discussing the term, including controversies about who wrote the letters, and Google Scholar finds over 240 citations and mentions.  Some of the sources include mentions of notable authors such as W.B. Yeats and James Joyce who had commented on the documents.  I've not studied the details, and it's clear that the article needs much improvement, but so many non-trivial mentions in books and journals indicates that the topic is notable enough for an article. --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 04:29, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You may have misunderstood the nomination, notability was not intended to be the basis of the nomination. I have struck the words 'fairly trivial' to make this clearer.—Ash (talk) 18:16, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and merge notable content Agree with nom that there is no compelling reason to split this off from Ascended master. Simonm223 (talk) 17:11, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 00:45, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. If this is deleted, it should then be redirected to The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, which is the book I thought this page would be about. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 16:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge per Ascended master. ArcAngel (talk) 07:41, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.