Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernest A. Kilbourne


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The result was   keep. Courcelles 22:28, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Ernest A. Kilbourne

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Non-notable co-founder of a mission society (alternately the Oriental Mission Society or the One Mission Society) that is apparently not notable enough for its own article. Only references given or publications of the founded society. Article authored by a representative of the society. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:32, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep With all due respect to the nominator, a topic can't be deemed non-notable because it does not yet have an article on Wikipedia. According to this listing in the Encyclopedia of Protestantism, the Oriental Mission Society is notable, and an editor with an interest ought to write an article about it.  There are plenty of other sources available about the OMS.  As for Ernest A. Kilbourne, he is discussed in that encyclopedia article, and a Google Books search verifies that he is also discussed in many books about Christian missionary work in Asia.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  02:36, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. There's an obit in the LA times (in fact, three, on April 14, 15, and 16, 1928), and mentions in Allen D. Clark (1961), History of the Korean church and other books, as noted by Cullen328. And WP:OTHERSTUFF is a weak deletion argument. -- 202.124.72.155 (talk) 04:35, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - The original deletion argument is no longer valid as OMS is notable Spiderone  11:22, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
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