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Image:VictoriaLePagecropped.jpg

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Hi. I noticed while going through images tagged for deletion that you stated that you are the author of Image:VictoriaLePagecropped.jpg. Did you actually take this photograph yourself or did you crop a photo taken by someone else? Please understand that the creator of a work controls all rights to make derivatives of it, so we would not be able to use this photo if it is just a modification of someone else's work.

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le page 'notability'

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hi, have replaced delete with request to establish notability. the link on that explains what you need to do. gist of it is 'multiple independent references', so not her website, & i'm not sure about the 2 others. ideally references frm more 'mainstream' media wld be good. editors tend to take a dim view of this sort of thing, so you'll need to make it as 'bullet-proof' as you possibly can. good luck :) ben  ⇒ bsnowball  12:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Significance

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Thank you all for your comments and instructions. I've confirmed that I've taken the image and that it is in public domain. As for 'multiple independent references', I can only provide links to commentaries and reviews which are freely available on the net under "Shambhala" and so on, often in many other languages. I have asked her if she knows of another biography as such and she could only quote me references to her works that other authors in the same genre have cited. The 2 external references that I've included, one is print media with a net presence and the other (I think) is not. She also has 2 publishers. Quest books and Inner Traditions, both specializing in esoteric works.

What eludes me, is 'significance'. When is a published and recognised author not significant? Perhaps there is a section in Wikipedia that would be more suitable that Biography? I'll have a look but I think I may need guidance on this. I've taken the steps of adding some of her (secretive) life story in Wikipedia, as she qualifies by writing original works on topics of interest. I'm NOT a fan, but a trained historian, and I (and others) find her works thought provoking, well researched and obviously of interest to others. Htcs 02:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)Reply


Hungarian turanism is a pseudo-science

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DNA tests did not support the eastern origin of present-day Hungarians. Hungarian Turanism is not supported by academic historians of the world. All Encyclopedias, like English Britannica German Brockhaus French Larousse , E. Americana Encarta Encyclopedia all did not support it, and called as pseudo science. The Human Genome project (population genetics) also don't support that. Slavic people and the Balkan people have average higher ratio of non-European haplogroup markers than Hungarians. There are only less educated worker class people and teenagers support turanism in Hungary. Only the self-appointed so-called "magician historians" and their fantasy esoteric books (Táltos-tudósok) teach turanism in Hungary. But this self-appointed "scholars" have never went to university, they remained proletars by the means of education. It is a pseudo science. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.2.201.128 (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Victoria LePage for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Victoria LePage is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Victoria LePage until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. jps (talk) 18:33, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:VictoriaLePagecropped.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:VictoriaLePagecropped.jpg, which you've attributed to http://www.hinet.net.au/~vlepage/biography.htm. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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