Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dianetics: The Original Thesis

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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 --JForget 01:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dianetics: The Original Thesis

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I searched through multiple database archives in an attempt to find secondary WP:RS/WP:V sources that either discuss or review "Dianetics: The Original Thesis" or "The Dynamics of Life" in any depth, but could not find any. Zero results in a search of three different database archives of newspaper articles. Zero results in an archival index of book reviews in InfoTrac. There were a few results in other books, but these were either in passing only and no discussion in any sort of depth, or simply a listing of related works published by the Church of Scientology. The only secondary WP:RS/WP:V source I could find that discussed the book at all was The New Religious Movements Experience in America by Eugene V. Gallagher, who acknowledges that the work was a "privately circulated paper", a prelude to Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. But since it is quite unlikely that individuals will be searching for "Dianetics: The Original Thesis", there is no need to merge anything to that article (nothing to merge really, as the only source cited in the article at present is to a primary source affiliated with the publisher) - I see no need to merge to that article, but rather recommend deletion. Cirt (talk) 22:00, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete - article can be recreated later if its individual notability is established. John Carter (talk) 00:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete So the way I read this is that Dianetics has a first draft, that didn't get published. Wow that is a shocker, L. Ron Didn't write Dianetics in one sitting. I wonder how many other authors have first drafts of their works that arn't published. My opinion is that this article dosn't give any additional information on Dianetics itself, or Scientology.Coffeepusher (talk) 04:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Insufficiently distinct topic from Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health to warrant a separate article. Nothing to indicate this is notable in its own right apart from the main book. KleenupKrew (talk) 11:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Because the article does not include citations from reliable sources, it does not appear to be in compliance with the verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 19:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


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