Talk:Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji
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Why does this establishment merit an article? --Lukobe 00:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
- Lukobe, the qualifications for Wikipedia:notability are ineffable. In considering whether an online resource (Wikipedia) is enriched rather than diluted by the presence of a local institution (this zendo), one might start by noting that there is a community associated with Cho Bo Zen Ji, that the community is involved in the wider community, and that its involvement has been noted in recent news articles[1]. One might continue by noting the relative rarity of Zen Temples in Seattle in general, and by noting that Wikipedia is an accepted resource for discovering Buddhist temples. Consider also that even though this is not a massive skyscraper, it might be of interest for its own subtle reasons. Finally, take note that the article is still marked as a Zen stub, and consider judging it relative to other unfinished local temple articles in that topic:
- - Rgrant 02:00, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Perhaps you can expand the article to make all this clear, then. As it stands I don't believe its location is even specified. (Sorry you consider this an "edit war"--I certainly don't.) --Lukobe 04:49, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Well, it's pretty clear to me that general notions of notability as applied to the properties of a Zen Temple are not actually germane to the notability of specific Zen Temples. I think the location information is a good idea and i've made that change. I'm researching more specific claims of notability that might apply, as this Zen Temple has been in the area for nearly three decades. (I envision noting this as the article grows from a stub into a finished article.) Here are some areas of work i see the article needing:
- lineage notes, and connections to other notable temples
- list of teachers and their connections to the Rinzai school of Zen
- an image of the Zendo
- some notes about the sangha
- With this plan in mind, may we move beyond questioning the importance of the topic?
- - Rgrant 05:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
- Well, it's pretty clear to me that general notions of notability as applied to the properties of a Zen Temple are not actually germane to the notability of specific Zen Temples. I think the location information is a good idea and i've made that change. I'm researching more specific claims of notability that might apply, as this Zen Temple has been in the area for nearly three decades. (I envision noting this as the article grows from a stub into a finished article.) Here are some areas of work i see the article needing:
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- Certainly, and I'll remove the tag if you haven't done so already. --Lukobe 06:12, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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- I'm glad we could resolve this. I do find that Wikipedia's guidelines are now very fresh in mind. - Rgrant 07:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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