Talk:Patricia Garfield, Ph.D.

Re. the proposed deletion of the article on Patricia Garfield.

Reason cited: Non-notable person: Dr. Garfield is a noteworthy person for many reasons: She has published 10 popular, widely-translated books on dreams. Her most popular book, "Creative Dreaming" made the Los Angeles Times bestsellers list. As I mentioned clearly, in the article, Dr. Garfield is one of the founding members of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Her body of work in this field along with her extensive list of publications should certainly make her at least as noteworthy as the many politicians, rock-stars, etc., included in Wikipedia.

Furthermore: Dr. Garfield is currently listed in the German Wikipedia: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Garfield, she is also cited on several other Wikipedia pages relating to dream research, such as: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Induced_Lucid_Dream.

Another reason cited for removal is: "Fringe" It mentions a portion of one of the titles of her books as justification for that label. The full title of the book is: "The Healing Power of Dreams."

This idea that dreams heal is not an unusual one. We are, of course, speaking of the field of psychology, not a hard science. Although there is great deal of disagreement about the meaning of dreams, the idea that they offer emotional healing and comfort is put forward by many noteworthy psychologist: To cite one such reference: Carl G. Jung, in his many works.

I would also like to note the reference to healing dreams is the title of a book, not a theory being put forward, and I certainly hope that obtaining a Ph.D. is not a de facto reason for barring someone from the pages of WIkipedia.

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