Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bible Society in New Zealand


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The result was keep. John254 16:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Bible Society in New Zealand

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There's one major concern: it doesn't become clear, either from the article, from internet or from the organisation's own press clippings, that this is a notable organisation. There is not a single indication that this organisation meets WP:ORG. Furthermore, the article is written from the perspective of the Bible Society, it's written like a personal homepage or profile, in violation of WP:NOTMYSPACE. A ecis Brievenbus 19:27, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete coverage appears limited to the accomplishments of the former president, rather than the org itself. There's no evidence of its notability TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 21:27, 19 May 2008 (UTC) Keep I apparently didn't look hard enough. I still don't think the appointment of a new CEO establishes notability or the fact that a Bible was used in aboriginal communities is relevant (no one is debating thr notability of the Bible here) but the book establishes enough notability since it doesn't appear self-published TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 00:27, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:RS. --Eustress (talk) 22:51, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Books on the history of the Bible Society were published in 1946 and 1996. I found listings for them in the catalogue of the National Library of New Zealand. I also added some newspaper articles. In my view, notability has been established. --Eastmain (talk) 23:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I wanted to mention another point which applies to bible societies in general. For many aboriginal languages, the first printed book has been a bible or excerpts from it. Bible societies often played an important role in printing and distributing aboriginal-language bibles, and continue to do so today. --Eastmain (talk) 00:03, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 23:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 23:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep based on Eastmain's efforts. GRBerry 00:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep there is a book called The Bible and the Bible Society in New Zealand on this subject. There is also a history of the society published by the society but apparently written by an independant historian : "A Sesquicentennial History of the Bible Society in New Zealand". There are news article in reliable sources covering the appointment of a new CEO in 2006, about a rugby-related bible campaign by the society, and about the society distributing 60,000 bibles in 2001-2002 which was 3/4 of bibles distributed and kept them the best-selling book in New Zealand. The first book and those three news articles combined demonstrate notability, and the second book is likely to be a reliable source of encyclopedic information. Ryan Paddy (talk) 00:13, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Apparently notable society, has been around since 1845, referenced.  KleenupKrew (talk) 00:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems to show notability per the references. Also has reliable sources.-- RyRy5 ( talk  ♠  wikify ) 01:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ryan Paddy. Also, looking around, there seems to be quite a bit of other coverage: Scholar Books News. Jakew (talk) 19:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


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