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The result was delete. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 18:18, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Randolph Stone (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • Stats)

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The subject of this article appears to have been a minor energy medicine proponent. From what I can tell he seems to have acquired none of the marks of notability we might expect from a sixty year career.

The topic he is appears to be most associated with ( Polarity therapy )) is currently the subject of another AFD debate. Salimfadhley (talk) 19:29, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge into Polarity therapy which would assume keeping thata rticle but would be the best solution. If though Polarity therpay were deleetd I would change my vote to Keep and merge the contents of that article here. I do believe one article should remian and bioth should NOT be deleted. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBox talk contribs 21:33, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete along with Polarity therapy. There is at least a little independent sourcing that mentions polarity therapy, but there is pretty much no independent sourcing about Stone. Everything I could find about Stone was self-referential to something like this. --MelanieN (talk) 16:36, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, preferably emphasizing verifiable attributes of Polarity Therapy. Stone's influence is mentioned in several books about massage and movement therapy that come up on a cursory scan of Google books and questions about Polarity Therapy are included in the massage licensure board examinations in several states. Stone's synthesis of the predominate manipulative therapies of his era with traditional hands-on therapies of Asia was the first to identify a common conceptual framework underlying their various methods. His work has been consistently noted for it's influence on massage and bodywork.--SympatheticResonance (talk) 05:23, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"questions about Polarity Therapy are included in the massage licensure board examinations in several states." Do you have evidence of that? In a quick Google search I could find none. This would have been more useful in the discussion about Polarity Therapy, but at least it would suggest (if true) that Stone's ideas are a little more mainstream or accepted that we have seen to date. --MelanieN (talk) 14:46, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, →TheSpecialUser^Talk_{Contributions}* 07:56, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete One, unreliable, source. This is not good enough for a biographical article. This particular article refers to the originator of a therapy that is not considered notable enough to have its own article. Famousdog (talk) 07:51, 23 May 2012 (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.