Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Fr. Adsum Iterum

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Auxilior Arti here,

I read of the deletion of my article and am puzzled somewhat by it. I am of course, happy to provide a better edit, if only some positive guidance were given. To this end I am also soliciting an article from the appropriate person in regards to an entry for Aurum Solis and Astrum Sophia, etc.

The gist of the arguments for deletion seem to revolve around the status of The Book of the Glyph. For the record, The Book of the Glyph has not yet sold 5000 copies, but continues to gather steam as a handful of friends and zealots plus word-of-mouth slowly build sales. Xlibris is now a "vanity press" but was a "free press" at the time of publication. I think this a unwise standard in the rapidly-changing world of publishing and smacks of a certain elitism: "If they had to pay to have it published, how relevant is it?" In the area of occult writing at this time, I can soundly state that there ISN'T a reputable publisher of occult books in the US at this time and many, many ex-patriots of Llewellyn and Weiser agree. The fact that this is an advanced work, a novel idea AND a bit of tongue-in-cheek political satire has made it difficult to find good commercial standing, yet it continues to raise funds for our lodge. In any case, the purpose of the book was not to make money, but to provide a field manual with notes for the many individuals that were being attracted to the idea since its inception.

Is there a problem with the bio? I simply cut and pasted a variety of comments from other of my bios, did cut in a paragraph from an autobiographical source. Was it too long or wordy? Seemed commercial? (I'm not sure The Book of the Glyph needs even to be mentioned in a bio, but I noticed that other biographies listed various publications as milestones in the author's or organization's life.)

As to inclusion, I didn't "include" myself, my organization or foist my way in here. It was shown to me that my motto and our lodge had been given entries and no one had written any articles to accompany them. Frankly, I think our contributions to the Western Magical Arts are more written to posterity than anyone else . . .

I'd be interested in suggestions . . . ?