Deletion of Comparison between Roman and Han Empires

Comment: inherently |original research. A very good school or college essay, but not suitable for Wikipedia
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR)

Comment: This is a quite proper subject of scholarly study.  For example, see http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1096433 From the 'Great Convergence' to the 'First Great Divergence': Roman and Qin-Han State Formation and its Aftermath.  The exact scope of the article is open to change should we wish to include other ancient empires such as the Turks and we should allow for this in accordance with our |editing policy.  Note also that we have a whole category of :Category:Comparisons|comparisons
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Editing policy (WP:IMPERFECT)

Comment: Teeninvestor, I'm afraid they're right about Wikipedia policies (though some of the comments fall a bit too close to  for my comfort): there's nothing wrong with your article, except that it just doesn't belong in an encyclopedia (it's really more akin to an academic paper). I suggest working on the Wikiversity version (v:Comparison between Roman and Han Empires), and perhaps creating an article out of it later as you find more sources and prior academic treatments. Wikipedia's not for everything (see  for more on that
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers (WP:BITE||WP:PANDA)