Talk:Mount Verd, Tennessee

Like Mike Schmidt or not, the Trumpet of the Lord Ministry deserves to be on this Mount Verd Wiki page. Mike is a great guy, I do not know why ya'll hate him so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.70.108.170 (talk) 03:45, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

I agree, it is wrong that Mike Schmidt and Tony's Toys were taken off.68.157.198.127 (talk) 22:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

It's not that anyone hates Howdy Schmidt, it's his constant attempts at self importance through the intenet that piss people off. His constant claim to be the "loudest trumpet player" or hitting the highest notes are not true but he continues to self promote relentlessly. The trumpet of the lord is an insignificant ministry mostly set up so he can buy expensive trumpets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.110.204.3 (talk) 15:37, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You've got it all wrong. It's not about liking a person, hating them, or "deserving it" its about verifiability and notability as established by reliable sources. I can't speak for everyone else here but I've never met these people and know nothing about them personally. This Mike may well be a great guy. So is my dad, but that doesn't mean he gets a free pass on our most basic content policies. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposal for deletion
The subject of this Wikipedia article, a place called Mount Verd, does not meet Wikipedia's guidelines for notability. There is nothing in the article to indicate that it's notable, nor is there even any claim of notability. There is no evidence that this place can actually be considered a "community," rather than simply a sparsely populated rural neighborhood. The article mentions a church with "Mount Verd" in its name, which is no indication of notability. The article has only one reference, which is merely a link to a automatically-generated directory listing for the church.

The article completely lacks verifiable evidence of notability. Significant coverage, secondary sources, and even primary sources are non-existent. Thus, it does not meet Wikipedia's standard of notability.

A web search shows virtually nothing about this place other than bot-generated place-name listings. These are tertiary sources at best, and merely indicate that the place exists. There are no verifiable sources that indicate notability. There are some self-published copies of previous versions of the Wikipedia article, containing self-promotion, original research, and unsourced material, which has been deleted from the current Wikipedia version of the article. A review of the article's history (and its talk page's history) reveals that this article is essentially a vehicle for self-promotion, and it has continually been the focus of a pattern of disruptive editing by one editor under numerous sockpuppet identities.

With all the self-promotion and unsourced material deleted, there is really not much left to the article, and certainly nothing notable. I think this article should be deleted for failing to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines, and because of its history of attracting disruptive editing. I propose the article for deletion. 4.154.248.81 (talk) 19:58, 3 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I am removing the Prod tag as all settlements are considered inherently notable under Wikipedia rules. -- Diannaa (Talk) 00:37, 4 April 2011 (UTC)


 * 1) Can you provide a link to that rule? 2) Can you provide any evidence that Mount Verd is a settlement, rather than simply a geographic feature? Thank you. 4.154.251.238 (talk) 00:52, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Mount Verd Tennessee is world famous for place where snake handlin in the church of holiness started. 74.84.72.108 (talk) 02:24, 12 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm kind of surprised that in an argument about the notability of a place in the United States nobody has checked the Geographic Names Information System, which has entries on both the populated place and the church, now added to the article in place of the flimsy ref that was previously used. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:47, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Unsupported
There are citations indication that Mount Verd is a named place. However, none of the citations indicate that it is a "community" or a "settlement". It's just a location that's been named. Also, there is no evidence given that the Mount Verd Baptist Church is actually in Mount Verd. The similarity of the names is not evidence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 19:04, 24 October 2013 (UTC)