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Dianetics

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Result: delisted. The article has serious neutrality and verifiability problems. The consensus reached here was to delist the article. I also added {{POV}} tag to it. Ruslik (talk) 12:48, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

To add the POV tag, you need to raise these issues on Talk:Dianetics. Otherwise, per the tag, there is no discussion, problems to fix, and finally, to remove the tag when they're resolved. AndroidCat (talk) 13:37, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

This article has a good deal of problems and issues which do not conform to WP:WIAGA. Much of the article is written in in-universe style, making it difficult for a lay reader to understand whole chunks of the article. Parts of the article have poor formatting, using large blockquoting when selected quoting within paragraphs would be better, including a blockquoted portion of text in the WP:LEAD which looks awkward, as does the list at the top of the Procedure in practice subsection. The article has an overreliance on primary instead of secondary sources to back up multiple points throughout, which borders on WP:OR. Primary sources could be enough to satisfy WP:V in certain spots, but overweighting on primary sources is not something we should have in our WP:GAs. Article is not stable, having undergone some massive changes since its initial GA listing from 17 May 2006, which may explain some of the formatting problems, hyperlinks within article text itself instead of properly formatted citations, etc. Listing here for Good article reassessment - in order to solicit and gain input from a wider variety of editors as far as the article's current quality status rating. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 22:45, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I think it would be much easier to read if some of the redundant wordiness was cut out. For example, first sentence: "Dianetics is a set of ideas and practices" -- those are practically redundant. The wordiness turns me off from spending my time reading it. In addition, I think this discussion would go better on the talk page, where people would see it much easier. ImpIn | (t - c) 01:26, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, there is naturally of course a notice at the top of the article's talk page for this ongoing WP:GAR. Cirt (talk) 05:12, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

• Delist -- due to significant problems with the article as laid out above. Cirt (talk) 11:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
• Delist. Prose, neutrality, sourcing are all valid concerns. Quite frankly, the article is an embarrassment as it stands. Geometry guy 21:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)