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[edit] How this began

I followed up on a post to Talk:Dissociation by seeing where it was on the Ego Defense Mechanisms. There -is- a page on Defense Mechanisms, but that is not the proper name.

However, I felt that simply moving and redirecting was not the way to go. What I propose (and began this evening) is to enlarge and enhance what needs larging and enhancing here, then slowly, step by step, transferring material from Defense Mechanism here for editing. I hope (grandiosely) that this might become a featured article someday.

Perhaps I could ask at the Psychology Portal if there were persons who would like to help edit in this endeavor, but what's the point in waiting? :o)

Please leave your (signed) comments and criticims, and please pause to do those edits that catch your eye. -I am Kiwi 08:00, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Proposed deletion? It WAS deleted-October 13th!!

Two things. I never created a "Category page" as I DO know what a Category page is and this is NOT it. I created this in the mistaken notion that it was okay to extensively revise and rewrite what was begun long ago, then neglected since then. SO, understandably (well, at least I understand it now) it was DELETED without notice).

I told the admin doing the deletion that I had not saved a backup copy of what I had written and asked if there was any way he could give me a chance to do so. He did put it back up, but I thought that was only briefly, and I did copy my work and (I hope) thanked him for the chance.

But I had thought this had been deleted long long ago -- in fact, when the old article suddenly experienced a resurgence in interest, I put a link to my "ego defense mechanisms draft page" on the Defense Mechanism's talk page so people could see what I had early saved. They did incorporate a large part of the revisions, and went on to create a dramatically different article from what has been there originally, and presenting how various theorists have seen and understood ego defense mechanisms.

So - put this up for RAPID DELETION with my blessings. I was so startled to see the title -- CATEGORY??? How in the WORLD did that happen?? -- Kiwi 23:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I do realize that this DID show up in my WatchList so that must PROVE I created it with the word "Category" in the page title. So maybe I did. Or maybe I followed a link from the mod here. Don't remember, but that was very soon after I started editing and I do think this was the very first article I ever attempted ... so maybe I WAS that dumb. -- Kiwi 23:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)