Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Society of Novus Spiritus

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 of the debate was merge to Sylvia Browne. --Ezeu 16:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Society of Novus Spiritus

Minor religion with no evidence of substantial adherents, at best should be merged with Sylvia Browne JoshuaZ 18:14, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I'm not disputing Joshua's judgment here, he knows of what he speaks in this area, but tis gets 50% of the ghits that the Society of St. Francis gets which is surprising for a minor cult. The article is grossly unencyclopaedic, though. Just zis Guy you know? 18:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I didn't do a google search before I AfDed it here. I'm not surprised at the high total, which strikes me as evidence of Browne's internet self-promotion more than evidence of independent notability. JoshuaZ 18:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I can believe that easily enough. Evidence of numbers of adherents is very hard to find, but there do seem to be a few mentions in the press. I think your merge and redirect idea is probably the right answer here. Just zis Guy you know? 19:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

After looking through the google hits a bit more, all the newspaper mentions are incidental to Browne, mainly occuring in articles which describe her as a psychic and then list "other accomplishments." I can't find one article devoted to the Society. So yeah looks like merge/redirect makes the most sense. JoshuaZ 21:41, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Merge - As per above, this group is mainly a platform for Browne's ideas. - Solar 16:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• Merge with Sylvia Browne. Both articles need trimming of POV. Nominated article would otherwise need a radical rewrite and wikification if it were to be kept. B.Wind 14:32, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.