Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thoughts in search of a thinker


 * 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   redirect. The consensus that this topic does not make sense as an encyclopedia article is clear--the notability of the topic per se, under this name, was never established. Clearly there is some text worth moving to the main article, however. All text is retained in the article history and can be merged in as needed. If that is done, please note the merge in edit summaries to maintain history continuity. Chick Bowen 03:09, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Thoughts in search of a thinker

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Article seems like a personal essay and is unintelligible to someone who is not abreast with the topic. It may be possible to add any intelligible content into Wilfred Bion if appropriate. Mvjs (talk) 05:48, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into Wilfred Bion The topic does not seem to be notable but there seems to be some salvageable information about Wilfred Bion's work, I think it fails N|notability guidelines but should be useful in its author's article. —Atyndall &#91;citation needed&#93; 06:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete This didn't fit into any speedy deletion category so it wound up here. This is an original research, cite spanning essay. Wilfred Ruprecht Bion was a Freudian psychologist with skeinish, extrapolated theories (let's call them notions) which influenced psychologists' thinking on group dynamics (encounter groups) during the mid-twentieth century. His playful, creative thoughts in search of a thinker remark was linked with an articulation of his opinions on how to observe group behaviour. This essay is an individual writer's own creative take on what Bion was getting at, with scattered paraphrasing. The only sources cited are Bion himself and thinly so. The topic belongs in Bion's biography, supported with secondary source interpretations, not those of an individual editor as we have here. Gwen Gale (talk) 06:52, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Exceedingly Deep Thought, far too deep for humble Wikipedia. -- Hoary (talk) 07:04, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Thoughts without a thinker seems to be somewhat related to Thoughts in search of a thinker and may be subject to the same fate. Mvjs (talk) 07:06, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete not an article. JuJube (talk) 13:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Would-have-been-nuked-already-if-there-was-an-acceptable-criterion-delete It's an essay, nothing else to it. Violates WP:SYN, WP:V, WP:OR. Is an original idea trying to pass off as a notable topic. Erik the Red  2 ( AVE · CAESAR ) 22:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Solid keep. I have found significant coverage of the topic in multiple reliable sources. To the closing admin, please consider waiting while I have a chance to rewrite the article. Skomorokh 12:29, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Is it a bit of a mess? You bet, but AfD is not clean-up. Article needs to be focussed, NPOV, cleaned up and content cited. These are all clean-up issues requiring regular editing. Banj e  b oi   22:52, 1 August 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.