Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spirituality/Indian Spirituality


 * 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. Neutralitytalk 01:11, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Spirituality/Indian Spirituality

 * – ( View AfD View log )

Wikipedia is not the place for essays. If the creator wishes it, it could be moved into the user's userspace. -- Σ  talk  contribs  03:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Strong delete Presumably an original essay. The creator already has it on his page User:Chinmoy_biswas60/Sandbox MadCow257 (talk) 03:16, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Unencyclopedic essay.  Acroterion   (talk)   03:19, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom- NOT. Should have just been speedily deleted.  tyvm Pudge MclameO (talk) 04:30, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete it under which criterion? -- Σ  talk  contribs  22:57, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spirituality-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 07:52, 16 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. -- Matthew Thompson talk to me bro! 08:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The article is not original research and is notable. The banners on the page suggest that the article be wikified and that internal links be provided to existing material already available in the Wiki. I would agree. I will add that the style of writing also be modified to be more factual in approach. Currently the article reads like a manual (WP:NOTMANUAL). Extensive references and inline citation are needed. The article does have potential (WP:POTENTIAL). Should the article be deleted the author might consider moving it here, for instance. --User:Warrior777 (talk) 13:12, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Creator already has it on their talk page.


 * This article is not an original research; because wellknown books, Vedas, Upanishads, 6 Indian Phylosophies (Darshans) and Great Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharat, cover Indian Spirituality among other matters of interests. This not an essay as such, since writing an essay was never the objective of this article. As I did not find material in Wikipedia which has focus on Indian Spirituality, I thought it necessary to write on this for Wikipedia. Good material is there on Hinduism in Wikipedia, but there the focus is not on Spirituality. Most people do not distinguish between Religion and Spirituality; these two subjects are closely related but are not exactly same. Spiritality do not depend on faith on God, but Religion depends. Spirituality is a search for truth, universal truth and understanding the Truth. Religion's focus is on worship of God. So Wikipedia must have material written with focus on Spirituality.


 * I sometimes did write articles, but for Wikipedia this is my first artcle. I am not aware of some terminologies used in the discussions. As I am new to this. So I expect, there will be mistakes and the writeup has to be modified, I request all to read the article critically and suggest specific modifications.

- Chinmoy Biswas - writer of article: Indian Spirituality.


 * The article is further modified, based on user talk made available so far. I request all to see this critically and make suggestions for improvements. Again I request all to see the importance of the subject. Much material could not be found on Indian Spiritulity; or under 'Spirituality' head covering this subject. There are some material in Wikipedia on Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhaism etc. as Religions; but none have been found focused on Spirituality as a subject. So this article is felt necessary.

This is not an original research work, as the material is available in the original Sanskrit books like, Vedas, Upanishads, six Ancient Indian Books of Phylosophy (Shada Darshanas) etc. Some translations have also been published on them. This should also not be considered as an essay writings as such. It is felt useful for people refering Wikipedia. Chinmoy biswas60 (talk) 06:55, 20 August 2011 (UTC) Chinmoy Biswas - writer of Indian Spirituality.
 * comment I commend you on the depth and work you have put into this. I have no argument that this is not a notable subject for an article and would greatly like to see more depth in these articles on this particular wiki.  That being said while I believe it should be deleted from main-space (article) as it stands at the moment, I think you should keep it in user space and be made encyclopedic as well as wikified.  That is to say given how large it is and the nature of the article subject matter "wikifying" most likely can't be done overnight so to help avoid more deletion issues make this an encyclopedic article.  Right now it reads as an essay and even a textbook at times.  This is what in meant by not being encyclopedic.  This includes, citations, proper sourcing and written style.  Check out these links for guidelines.  Just pop me a line on my talk and I'll elaborate more for ya.  We'll see what we can do to help.  tyvm Pudge MclameO (talk) 08:17, 20 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete promotional POV essay I suggest that most of the material we could use is already here.   DGG ( talk ) 23:36, 22 August 2011 (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.