User talk:YeDesalu

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Speedy deletion nomination of The mental roots of sexual orientation and arousal[edit]

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Hello Malleus.

This is my first WP article, and I am still learning the ropes. I read the intricacies of speedy deletion only after I found out that my article was deleted. What I found in WP:NOTCSD is: “The following proposals for new speedy deletion criteria are frequently raised, but have repeatedly failed to gain consensus: …, Essay articles, ….”. Was not it too harsh to delete the article based on a criterion that does not enjoy a consensus? After all, the article presents important information that is substantiated by references in peer reviewed scientific journals.YeDesalu (talk) 00:12, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Am I taking the right steps in my efforts to revive the article?

Regarding "The Mental Roots of Sexual Orientation and Sexual Arousal"[edit]

Hi YeDesalu. I saw your question on User talk:DragonflySixtyseven, and I took a look at the article you submitted to Wikipedia. It certainly has a lot of potential as an article — it's very informative and could be useful. However, the reason I can see why someone would consider it an essay (rather than a proper article) is because of how you structure the article. You make assertions and you back them up with evidence. An important part of essay writing, but not best for Wikipedia articles. See Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:No original research. Basically, for it to be more like a Wikipedia article, it just needs to present the facts as they appear in other sources — no synthesis of source materials. It may help if you read other science articles on Wikipedia and see how they are laid out. If you still need help, just respond here and I'll see it. harej 04:42, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Harej. Thank you for your detailed response. Almost everything that we know contains a synthesis of prior knowledge. As a researcher who has been actively involved in the area of this article, I took special care not to include in it unsubstantiated synthesis of ideas. I made sure that any synthesis of ideas has references of reliable, verifiable sources - in most cases papers published in peer reviewed scientific journals. I feel that this article complies with WP:SOURCES and WP:COS and therefore it should be re-instated. YeDesalu