Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shakti mantras
Regarding use of IPA, the problem with this sort of article is that the authoritative notation for what the mantras are would be IAST, which is a lossless notation for the sounds of the Devanagari alphabet.  As I mentioned in my prior comment, there is no IAST or Devanagari in the article now, which means that all of the mantras are ''unreliable'' in terms of what they are.  The Western book being used as a source is something that I have not seen, but if the material in the article was copied from it, it honestly looks to me to be patent nonsense.  The amount of work it would take to get a meaningful article on the subject would require collaboration by someone who understood at least some Sanskrit, working from an authentic source that gave the Sanskrit, not a poor English transliteration.  The transliteration method being used in the article is not the standard method used within the Hinduism project (i.e., IAST).  Furthermore, the attempt at phonetic versions of the mantras is, well, ''terrible'', for want of a better word.  It is obvious that the Western book being relied on will not do the job.  Furthermore, while documentation of what the actual mantras ''are'' (i.e., the words) is one task, trying to associate them with ''meanings'' is another.  It is unlikely that any two sources consulted will agree on these meanings, unless they are directly quoting one another.  That is because these are being characterized as some sort of magic spells, which trivializes them.  The article reads like an online Grimoire, which is an insulting characterization of Hindu beliefs.  I think the suggestion to make the article be about the book is perhaps a way out, as the book can claim anything it wants to, and questions of accuracy or verifiability regarding what Hinduism actually thinks about these subjects apply indirectly rather than directly. On the other hand, making an article for the book would give  weight to one author's perceptions about what these things mean
— User:Buddhipriya, 08:22, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:UNDUE (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view)