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Spirituality deletion

Biography work

Biography work (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I am not able to discern what the topic is here. The article seems to be an unsourced essay, not to mention very over-capitalized. Is there a notable topic here that someone can point out so we can fix it, or should we just delete it? Dicklyon (talk) 19:35, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I believe this is a western esotericism philosophical concept. I see some journal sources describing "biographical work", but they appear to be talking about different concepts. Maybe there are sources for this, but I'm leaning delete as the article is too incoherent to properly describe what it's about. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 20:19, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The article is mainly the work of two WP:SPAs, Neckarpro in 2011 and Biographyworker in 2016–17, who edited nowhere but this article. I don't how it has survived until now. Dicklyon (talk) 23:46, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Spirituality-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch 20:58, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Social Spirit

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An essay full of WP:OR presenting a novel in non-encyclopedic and often unclear language. The sources don't validate "social spirit" as a unique concept in philosophy; instead, this essay appears to represent the author's own views. Given a lack of BEFORE references to "social spirit" in the context of this article I can't figure out a way to improve this that would allow it to stay. Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:59, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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