Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buddhism Research Institute
The answer is very easy. As the article appears to be not about the school but about the Institute, we ignore the school totally for the moment. The Institute is as yet a paper exercise and not yet up and running. Therefore, CRYSTAL applies and the article goes. If the article is really about the school, then without evidence of its notability BY WIKIPEDIA'S STANDARDS, not whatever it says in your dictionary, then it goes. Simples, to quote a certain Aleksandr Orlov (advertising)|Russian meerkat. I have thought seriously about what I am saying here. I very rarely don't. We get many articles posted about esoteric religions and societies, obscure 'known only to a few' legends and customs, hardly known Viking chieftains and so on. Most are hoaxes. Some are shown to be real but failing reliable sourcing . Others get rescued (I can claim a Viking or similar to my credit). I do a lot here at AfD, and find that when an author or supporter starts claiming that their subject should be exempt from the requirements of reliable sourcing, then there is usually no reliable sourcing to be obtained. If that is the case, please feel welcome to come back when the organisation is a bit less esoteric and is more covered according to our requirements. Please note that if you claim that you know all about it so it's OK, you fall foul of , our policy on original research. To sum up: reliable sourcing is needed - not just newspaper clips that someone got a local authority to agree to a sale, as similar bodies have been mistaken before. Note that I am not accusing anyone of deception. I an basically saying "put up or shut up". Or to be more polite, "Show me". I would be interested to know how this secretive and esoteric body has managed to amass funds of the nature claimed without attracting the attention of a taxation office, whether in China (where under Mao any source of wealth would have been of great interest), or in the USA (where the Infernal Revenue doesn't like to miss any tricks - and nor does my country's version of the Inquisition). Failing any success in complying, come back when you can
— User:Peridon, 20:18, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:OR (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)