Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al-Zahra Foundation


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. SarahStierch (talk) 00:29, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Al-Zahra Foundation

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

I see no evidence of notability for this regional Islamic center in Nottingham. None of the references are reliable sources for notability. I don;'t think this shouldhave been accepted from AfC  DGG ( talk ) 20:17, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:16, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:16, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:16, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

In regards to Peterkingiron, this is a non-argument, the fact that articles on local churches may be deleted does not necessitate that a page about a local mosque/ synagogue/ Hindu temple should be deleted as well. The question is: how is this article in violation of Wikipedia's guidelines? I quote this from the Wikipedia:Purpose page, "Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by acting as an encyclopedia, a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge." Please be specific in the justification of why this article should be removed. SayedUmaarKazmi (talk) 12:20, 15 November 2013 (GMT)
 * Delete -- We regularly delete articles on local churches. I do not see why a local mosque or the foundation that runs it should be any different.  Peterkingiron (talk) 22:27, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep -- It is certainly notable, in that this centre is the sole representative of an entire religious sect within Nottingham.
 * I stand by my case. You might as well say that a Pentecostal or Baptist church is notable, because it is the only one in town.  The article might be merged into a wider article such as Islam in Nottingham, or a sentence in a religion section of an article on Nottingham.  This is similar to a solution that we apply to Primary Schools, where we do not allow article on individual schools (save exceptionally), but allow a section in a wider article on schooling in the area or a schools section of a village article.  I see no reason why there should be any difference between the treatment of Christian churches and the religious establishments of other religions and their sects.  Typically, the local meeting place of religious beliveers is NN, save (perhaps) within the sect or the lcoality.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:43, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I concede, Peterkingiron, this would in fact reduce the number of stub-articles created as well. However, this necessitates the creation of an "Islam in Nottingham" page, or something to that effect. SayedUmaarKazmi (talk) 19:06, 17 November 2013 (GMT)


 * Delete -- Agree with Peterkingiron's reasoning. Notability is in this case, as I see it, based only on "the only one in the entirety of Nottingham", which is not enough. WikiHannibal (talk) 21:17, 17 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - No signifcant coverage in independent reliable sources to establish notability. -- Whpq (talk) 17:09, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.