Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holy Trinity College and Seminary


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The result was   delete. – GorillaWarfare talk • contribs 00:22, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Holy Trinity College and Seminary

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Unnotable, unaccredited seminary ran from Robert O'Block's home in Florida (Clearwater now, formally New Port Richey, Florida). Since 1968, O'Block appears to have been running this and several other "schools" and groups accused of being degree mills. For example, he runs groups that sell accreditation and credentials, including the Society for the Cure of Souls, the American Association of Integrative Medicine (AAIM) Accreditation Commission and sells certificates from American Board of Forensic Counselors. A user previously added these groups and others to the article as associations of the seminary. The webpage warns the degrees/credentials are only valid for "religious" use. No surprise, but only heads of other unaccredited schools claim to have degrees from this seminary.

Sole reference is the School Catalog/webpage hosted by the free webhost Angelfire.com (view its history on archive.org). Nothing notable enough for this seminary/home to meet WP:ORG. No sources added in five years. Don't confuse this business with similiar sounding and legitimate schools in New York and Dallas. HHaeyyn89 (talk) 21:24, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete no evidence of or claim to notability, agree with nom. Paste  Let’s have a chat. 08:36, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 14:27, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:27, 14 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per nominator. Wow, it definitely fails any interpretation of the notability guideline that I've ever seen. -- Donald Albury 00:06, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Dayewalker (talk) 03:55, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. The only website mention about this place is that Neal Weaver cites this degree mill as where he received a PhD and Weaver's listed as the faculty member for "Christian Education" of this mill. Weaver is the president of the unaccredited Louisiana Baptist University, which has been accused of being a degree mill as well. HHaeyyn89 (talk) 05:16, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, although part of me did wonder if it should remain as a warning that it's an unaccredited institution. Bob talk 18:09, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 * merge to Southern Episcopal Church, the parent institution. We're not here to judge the quality of schools. We're here to provide information. Being accredited or unaccredited is irrelevant, though we state the facts as they are. Probably the merge is   the best way to do so in this situation.    DGG ( talk ) 15:51, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete This isn't even a school. Its so-called degrees are based on "distance learning" (translation: online) and "life experience" (translation: no requirements, just gimme your money), according to its website. It's already mentioned in the Southern Episcopal Church article, but I wouldn't dignify it with a redirect; that could lead to confusion with the REAL Holy Trinity schools (Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas, Texas and Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, New York) which have articles here. --MelanieN (talk) 01:18, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. -- Joaquin008  ( talk ) 16:39, 20 April 2011 (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.