Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sylvan Muldoon

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The result was Keep. Michig (talk) 06:49, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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No indication of notability. Only sources are the author's own work and a random webpage. Edward321 (talk) 23:54, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Identifying what is a "reliable source" may be problematic when the subject matter is something like astral projection, but a quick look at GBooks indicates that Muldoon was important to the topic; this book calls him "the greatest astral traveller, at least by his own accounts, who ever lived". Other examples: [1][2][3]. --Arxiloxos (talk) 00:17, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep The notability of this subject is assured due to his influence on L. Ron Hubbard who founded the Church of Scientology as documented by the Princeton University publication The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion^[1] wherein Muldoon is referenced. ^[2] Picomtn (talk) 12:34, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Note I've rewritten this entire article and as time goes by I'll fix up the references into their proper format...but would appreciate any help others could give. Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 14:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – Note to Edward321: Per WP:ATD and WP:BEFORE please do more legwork before making deletion noms when there are alternatives to deletion. ATD and BEFORE are WP policies, which you have usurped. This BLP subject is notable and worthy of a WP article. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 20:33, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and agree with User:Checkingfax. I've also mentioned to the nominator on his talk page that I see a problem with most of his recent nominations. Doug Weller talk 09:06, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Hi, Edward321. Notability has been established. Please withdraw your AfD nom. Thank you. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 07:57, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Some reliable references were found. HealthyGirl (talk) 15:37, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Note Hi @Amatulic: Are you able to close this discussion now? Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 07:48, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:15, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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