Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EMF balancing technique
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- 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 was delete. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 20:52, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The method almost certainly exists, but independent coverage with even a modicum of depth and detail seems to be lacking. There are pages from a few proponents and practitioners and these have been copied or parroted around the web to the usual degree, but I do not think that any I have found pass the bar of reliable sourcing. The obvious merge targets, founder Peggy Phoenix Dubro and related business Energy Extension Inc. likewise do not appear viable under WP:Notability. - 2/0 (cont.) 21:11, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. This is about some kind of therapy involving chakras and auras, apparently similar to Reiki. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 16:06, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Or similar to Therapeutic Touch, but I have not found any source claiming that it explicitly derives from either or otherwise should be covered there. Energy medicine would be another potential merge target, but that is a high-level article for the concept as a whole, and I have a hard time seeing this meriting weight. - 2/0 (cont.) 17:15, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions.
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spirituality-related deletion discussions. Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 16:06, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete seems to be mostly promotional material out there. Gigs (talk) 16:21, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 05:30, 18 March 2010 (UTC)EMF balancing technique[reply]
- Delete, appears to be basically a form of Vanispamcruftisement, spam, promotional material, advertising, etc. -- Cirt (talk) 05:31, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:16, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Google book search shows a number of books about this magic healing technique (besides the ones which use the term to refer to actual electrical technology) as does Google News archive [1]. Some news items are just press releases or class announcements, but a few appear to have substantial coverage. Some are non_English and their reliability must be determined. It might qualify as "notable pseudoscience." Undecided. Edison (talk) 19:35, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, I agree that first one would have to rule out the non-reliable sources, spam and promotional sources, and press releases, and other sources directly affiliated with the subject put out as a form of promotion or advertising. -- Cirt (talk) 01:59, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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