Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Technology of Study


 * 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. Rjd0060 (talk) 16:07, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

The Technology of Study

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As it stands, the article itself is completely unsourced WP:OR. The article even states that "The Technology of Study" is not a "book" but a "booklet", part of a series of booklets in the Scientology Handbook. The only external links in the article are to primary, self-referential sources affiliated with the Church of Scientology organization. But aside from the present state of the article, let's examine whether there is significant coverage of the topic in secondary sources that satisfy WP:RS and WP:V. Searching for "The Technology of Study" in news archives only reveals advertisements for courses put out by Scientology - no independent reviews of this "booklet" whatsoever. I was only able to find one book that mentioned this "booklet", An Educator's Classroom Guide to America's Religious Beliefs and Practices, by Benjamin J. Hubbard (coincidentally same last name as L. Ron Hubbard?) and even in that book this "booklet" is only mentioned once in one sentence. I searched Infotrac and found zero book reviews, I also searched Infotrac news archives and found zero mentions there as well. Cirt (talk) 17:28, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: As a side note, the article was initially created by, since then blocked indefinitely as a "vandalism only" account. See block log. Cirt (talk) 17:32, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Not of sufficient notability to have its own article. Article contains no information that is not already in the Scientology Handbook article. Only linked to from Scientology Handbook. Dgf32 (talk) 18:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - with provision of restoring if notability can be established. John Carter (talk) 18:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Contains little to no information about actuall content or usefulness for the CoS, much less establish notability outside the church.Coffeepusher (talk) 22:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Perhaps something could be made of this stub, but as it stands it is uninformative and of questionable notability.--Fahrenheit451 (talk) 23:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Study_Tech in Scientology is notable but the relativly new booklet The Technology of Study which is basicaly used for dissemination by the church is not notable. We don't need articles about advertorials. -- Stan talk 17:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't meet WP's notability standards for books. There is also nothing of interest in the article to the general reader, for whom encyclopedias traditionally are written. Steve Dufour (talk) 16:25, 29 February 2008 (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.