Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2-4-8 tax blend
The author claims that the article was written to "share the 2-4-8 Tax Blend plan with the world", going on to note "why else would any article be written".  The author should acquaint himself with Wikipedia's |conflict of interest guidelines.  Most Wikipedia articles are written not to share one's great ideas with the world, but to report on ideas that have already been proven great (well, at least |notable).  Using Wikipedia to share one's own great idea is the exact practice that Wikipeida's OR|original research policy is intended to prevent.  The author is confused about what part of this article constitutes original research.  I will answer that in one sentence: the part where the author asserts that this tax plan is a good answer to the current economic woes.  Since the tax plan has ''not'' been reviewed in any major economics journal or text, we have only the author's own word for this conclusion -- this is the very definition of original research.  The author goes on to claim that posting comments on many different news sites is a perfectly legitimate means of "vetting" his tax plan.  That may well be.  But it still constitutes a |primary source.  Wikipedia is not a place for this user to vet his tax plan, or to |get the word out.  Wikipedia is a place to report on issues that have already been vetted and whose word is already out.  I am not at all concerned with whether the plan is constitutional or not -- that is an issue for legal scholars, not Wikipedians.  The issue here is whether the plan is a notable event in the financial history of this country, or one man's manifesto that has been well publicized by that one man
— User:WikiDan61, 22:24, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:COI||WP:N||WP:NOR||WP:PS||WP:SOAP (Wikipedia:Conflict of interest)