Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adi (metaphysical plane)
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The result was delete. ✗plicit 14:24, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
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One of a group of ancient Theosophy stubs sourced to a century-old book, as with the others the notability and accuracy are both dubious, and in this case the article doesn't make much sense anyway, so a WP:TNT deletion might be warranted. Mangoe (talk) 13:15, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Keep or merge with Divine Plane (or vice versa) or redirect to Plane_(esotericism)#Adi_or_Divine_or_Logoic_plane--dchmelik☀️🕉︎☉🦉🐝🐍☤☆(talk 13:34, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Spirituality-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - I looked at this one yesterday with a view to redirecting to Plane (esotericism) but at that point it made no mention of an Adi plane so I could not find a redirect target. The creator of this page (which has been a 2 line stub since 2009) has renamed "Divine Plane" in the Plane article in this edit [1] today. It is too early to know if there is editor consensus that the edit will stand, but the fact that no one has sought to speak of the plane as the Adi plane in that article since its conception suggest that Adi is not a commonly understood moniker for it. There appears to be no reason why anyone would be searching for "Adi (metaphysical plane)" and require redirection. In any case, whatever the consensus on redirection, there is nothing in this two line stub that merits a merge into the main article, and it should be deleted. I also note that AFD is not a vote. Requests to keep ought to explain why the information should be kept - what makes it encyclopaedic. In this case there is no encyclopaedic content nor subject. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 14:20, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- I'm possibly/likely the one who added 'plane (esotericism): divine' in first place and as clarified there now is spoken of by thousands/millions for decades to 100+ years (perhaps not on Wikipedia)... including the person (or he knows) who created most metaphysical/spiritual/mystical/esoteric plane articles, but some years ago was recovering from illness so don't know is active. Only reason for parentheses heading (I'm unsure metaphysical is best term... main article says esoterism) is Adi is disambiguation, but the plane is in set of seven Theosophy translated from ancient Hinduism which all others have sections/articles and people who've read that set certainly do search.--dchmelik☀️🕉︎☉🦉🐝🐍☤☆(talk 14:54, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Delete The article should be deleted per lack of reliable sources. If you look up the "adi plane", the first person to discuss it was Charles Leadbeater the Theosophist who said it was an obsolete term for the "divine world", the plane is not mentioned outside of Theosophy literature which are not reliable sources. The adi plane is not mentioned in Buddhist or Hindu cosmology so the article also contains original research. Psychologist Guy (talk) 15:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Delete for lack of encyclopedic content and lack of evidence this was ever discussed in a scholarly way by sources outside the Theosophist bubble. XOR'easter (talk) 14:56, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
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