Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cognitive module

Cognitive modules

Essay on cognitive functions or something. According to the talk page, it's a cut and paste from a GFDL source. I don't know the policy on that, but it's a definite AFD candidate so I'm listing it here.-- Luigi30 (Taλk) 12:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be more specific in why this article is an AFD candidate. I have tried to modify it so it should not any more be an AFD candidate. If I have not done this rightly, please tell me what is wrong and how I can make it not any more being an AFD candidate.

Jpalme 12:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)jpalme 13:36 (UTC) 5 September 2007[reply]

I think that the critic is making the argument that the text might be violating copyright or that the article is really from a single source. It would pay to include in-line citations from authoritative sources and to put in links to other wikipedia articles by double bracketing a term like evolutionary psychology and rewording the article to facilitate such links. The latter effort might show what has or has not already been covered in WP. Please forgive me if you already knew all or some of this. DCDuring 13:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, I have added a link from the article to Evolutionary psychology. I also found another article in Wikipedia (entitled On Intelligence) which describes somewhat similar ideas as Cognitive modules so I added a link to that article, too.

Jpalme 16:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

merge this article seems to replicate the subject matter of Modularity of mind, instead of expanding this entirely referenced cut-and-paste job from another site, why not merge any really novel contributions which can be supported into that article? Pete.Hurd 20:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at the notices on your user page discussion tab. DCDuring 13:32, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Whether or not this is a copyvio or not, it surely counts as original research, within the strict meaning of the actual policy: it is an original synthesis that seeks to advance a new theory. It also reads like an essay, and lacks a lead section to let us know what it's supposed to be about. - Smerdis of Tlön 13:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The provider and original author of the material actually knows what he is talking about. It is a great first draft. We just need to wikify it. The original deletion issue arose because a bot identified a potential copyright problem which has been resolved. This article is far, far better than many articles not marked for deletion. DCDuring 15:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The subject might be worthwhile, but it would need a lot of work. The end result won't look much like what we've got. I'd be willing to take a run. DCDuring 16:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I look forward to that. It is great cooperating with people in creating a better article.

Jpalme