Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evangelical Connexion of the Free Church of England (3rd nomination)


 * 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 merge to Free Church of England. It's not clear how much should be merged but that can be addressed in a separate discussion. There is a strong consensus against keeping this page with merge being the preferred option. Ad Orientem (talk) 02:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Evangelical Connexion of the Free Church of England
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No evidence of any notability. No independent refs at all and searches find nothing better. It appears to be another small sect intent on maintaining its differences. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  Velella Talk 21:56, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions.  Velella  Velella Talk  21:56, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  Velella  Velella Talk  21:56, 11 August 2019 (UTC)


 * The Evangelical Connexion is a small church it doesn't need deletion it needs editors do their job right. So yes destroy one small church getting one bit of recognition. You have served your master well. Keep it with amendments not destroy everything in your path because you are so sad only thing you have done is be an editor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:C489:A100:14B3:7779:A019:3B32 (talk) 18:41, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. It looks like someone is cite-spamming.  I see 2 books in the cite list, but one of them looks like the sect's constitution (it is used as a ref in explaining the organization of the sect).  The other is fairly malformed, but it looks like vanity press. Rockphed (talk) 19:56, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Since I didn't see the old version, how does this one compare to the previous 2 times it was nominated for deletion? Maybe it should be speedy deleted and salted? Rockphed (talk) 19:58, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Clarification The 2nd AfD was speedily deleted by an admin part way through its normal process. A refund was requested and granted, so this version is substantially the same as that deleted at the second AfD.  Velella  Velella Talk  22:24, 14 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Weak keep; otherwise merge back to Free Church of England. That is itself an older splinter from the Church of England.  This is a splinter of a splinter.  The four congregations adhering to the Connection seem also to be listed in the Free Church of England article.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:44, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Selective Merge to Free Church of England not independently notable Atlantic306 (talk) 18:36, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge back to Free Church of England due to the directory findings of Peterkingiron--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 22:38, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete I do not see sufficient sources which meet the requirements of WP:NORG for there to be a stand alone article. Based on the sources provided in the article and a brief search I am not convinced that there is even sufficient independent coverage in reliable sources for it to be covered in Free Church of England (beyond bare mention) without crossing into undue emphasis on a minor schismatic sect. Jbh  Talk  19:17, 18 August 2019 (UTC)


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