Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boston Confucians

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 keep. "Crappy state" is not a valid deletion rationale and there is none other given with one editor pledging to clean it up. So Why 10:28, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Boston Confucians

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Note: This "Boston Confucians" article (judging from its content, and common conventions) should have been named "Boston Confucianism", instead of "Boston Confucians".
- But the incorrect naming is not why this AfD was created.

The content is in a rather crappy state, and has been for years. .
- Much of the crappy editing looks to have been undertaken by one single person (User:"Bohemiotx" = User:"Joffre D. Meyer", acc. to this .

Notability of the topic is somewhat questionable, but if it is deemed passing the notability criteria (i.e. first basic requirement for keeping it), then: Someone, who holds both the interest and the competency on the topic, is needed to rectify and improve the article. - Such seem extremely implausible, hence this AfD. (Note: It looks like there may only ever have been on single person behind this 15 years old article's creation and edits).

Other Info: Some basic understanding on the topic/article, can be found via:

Ref.1: 1'st paragraph, from https://muse.jhu.edu/article/43912/summary:
>>At an international conference in 1991, people began to refer to Robert Neville and his colleagues as "Boston Confucians." At first the phrase was used as affectionate teasing and tongue-in-cheek self-description. However, Neville reports that, by the end of the conference, the phrase "Boston Confucianism" had come to be used as a semi-serious label for a particular view: the position that "Confucianism is not limited to East Asian ethnic application" and that it "has something genuinely interesting and helpful to bring to contemporary philosophical discussions" (p. 1). Neville's book, Boston Confucianism: Portable Tradition in the Late-Modern World, is a defense of these claims.<<
Ref.2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cummings_Neville#Proponent_of_Confucianism
Ref.3: https://www.quora.com/What-is-Boston-Confucianism

-- DexterPointy (talk) 07:58, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep – Believe it more than passes our Notability Guidelines as shown here [1] from a quick Google Scholar search. Rewrite yes – Delete No. ShoesssS ^Talk 15:01, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Shoessss: : Simply saying "Rewrite yes", falls a tad short of answering the questioning of Who & When. Would you mind elaborating? -- DexterPointy (talk) 17:45, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

*Comment – I have a copy in my “Sandbox” and will work on as much as life, not getting in the way, permits. Timeframe, give me two weeks to resource and rewrite. In the meantime, lets let the AFD proceed and see the outcome. Regards. ShoesssS ^Talk 18:04, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Shoessss:: Sounds like you could do with a bit help. Maybe ask for it, e.g. ask one or more acquaintances of yours? -- DexterPointy (talk) 20:44, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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.

@Shoessss: How is the rewrite coming along? - I've failed to find any copy or draft in your user space. -- DexterPointy (talk) 11:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]