Talk:List of occult writers

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This page was proposed for deletion December 2004. The archived discussion is available at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of occult authors. Joyous 22:24, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

This article was nominated for deletion on 11 June 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Why is there no easy way to navigate the lists of authors?

I just put in some time on the list of occult authors, but frankly, i think the entire lists of authors sitaution needs help. I, for one, would find it most useful if all lists became CATEGORIES. I can see where this was discussed and tabled in the past. As an indexer and organizer, i see the value of lists of authors being categories and such category listings appearing at the end of an author's entry, leading the reader on to other such authors. Just a voice in the wilderness here, i guess, but maybe, if i have the inclination, i will propose this again. It really is a good idea, and i can;t see why it was never implemented. Also, jsut for drills, a robot search of all wiki pages for the word "writer" in the articles would assist in creation of these lists. Just another helpful thought... Catherineyronwode 00:22, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How this list was developed

This list includes authors writing about occult subjects from a participant viewpoint; academic authors researching occultism have been excluded. Those appearing in red at this time will have short wiki articles created by me over the course of the next month -- or YOU can do it, if you want to help!!!! Catherineyronwode 04:02, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Work Has Been Started to Upgrade This List to Category Status

As of today, there are 19 "red ink" names in this list. My partner nagasiva and i will be creating bio stubs and full bios for these names. When we have completed this task, we will apply for category status for the list, with the understanding that if category status is granted, we will then go into each of the individual pages and add the category tag (with name piped to show surname first, in alphabetical order). Please consider helping us, if so inclined. Catherineyronwode 20:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)