Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christian mission trip opportunities in America


 * 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  essentially per  WP:NOT. Sandstein (talk) 06:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Christian mission trip opportunities in America

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Totally inappropriate. The page's founding assumption is NPOV; it's an essay; it will never be encyclopedic jbmurray (talk • contribs) 08:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, although the article needs cleanup it is actually quite informative. Also, except in really bad cases, articles should be given more than 20 minutes (especially if the author is still working on it) before they are nominated for deletion. --Reinoutr (talk) 08:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. My point is that the article's very assumptions are problematic.  In other words, it doesn't matter whether or not they're working on it.  NB I can't remember the last time I took an article to AfD--a long, long time ago.  So it's not that I do this all the time.  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 08:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep and rewrite - The article is valid, but WP is not a travel guide. Keep to the encyclopedic aspects and move the rest to Wikibooks. Too much of the current info will change over the years. --Triwbe (talk) 09:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete - I'd have to say that there is a little too much POV implied in the title. If it were to be renamed to something more appropriate and relevant (I don't have any suggestions), I'd be happier about its staying.--THobern 09:54, 2 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by THobern (talk • contribs)
 * Merge with the recently-redirected mission trip. I personally feel that a "mission trip" is distinct from mission (Christian), which is generally a long-term or even permanent thing, and that local mission trips are as common as overseas ones, but I don't have the time to fix that article. This one, with the POV removed, could complement the content there. (There is also a Short-term missions article that I find dubious but in the same general topic area.) --Dhartung | Talk 12:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge/move to mission trip (which I agree is different from Mission (Christian)). This doesn't really have any content specific to the United States. Mangostar (talk) 13:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete It's yet another essay from this class which is using Wikipedia as their personal webspace and as their publisher. Not only that but it's an advert for the subject as well Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 13:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete since the very premise of the article is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:54, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Not exactly an essay, more of a bulleted list of unencylopedic material that reads something like a brochure ("If someone wants to do a short-term mission trip for dental work, one is available."). Fixing this would require both a 100% rewite and a different title, meaning that a fixed version would basically be a whole new article. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a how to guide. KleenupKrew (talk) 21:07, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per Andrew Lenahan and WP:NOT. JohnCD (talk) 17:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as above, wikipedia is not a how-to guide. Redrocket (talk) 22:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as Wikipedia isn't a how-to guide (which pretty much kills the concept of the article under its current title). The more encyclopedic bits of this seem to duplicate Mission trip or mission (Christian), so I don't see what would be gained via a merge. B figura  (talk) 23:51, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete As stated above. Czolgolz (talk) 04:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Per WP:NOT   CWii ( Talk  14:56, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:04, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge factual information into Mission (Christian). Aleta  Sing 03:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Mission (Christian). Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 09:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Prune and then Merge with Short-term missions. I agree that this is a poor quality article with an inappropriate tone.  Issues that a person should address when considering participating in short term missions (which this article calls "Mission trips"), that is a case for clean up, not delete.  Peterkingiron (talk) 22:19, 5 May 2008 (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.