Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth Gordon Neufeld


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The result was   delete. MastCell Talk 16:55, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Kenneth Gordon Neufeld

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Non-notable person. Article only cites his own website, one of his friends' sites, and a couple of articles he has written. There is nothing about him in a reliable source. His claim to fame is that he was a member of the Unification Church years ago and didn't like it. If this was any other church but the "Moonies" I don't think anyone would pay him attention. (Oddly enough it was a Unification Church member who started the article.) Borock (talk) 13:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. Thanks for the notice. When I started the article I was fairly new on WP and didn't understand all the policies. (Not that I do now. :-)) I don't feel that I can conscienciously vote for or against the article now. I would like to say that Gordon is a good writer and his essays have been published in several main-stream outlets.  He provides an important source for American Unification Church history and his criticisms of the church represent a legitimate point of view.Steve Dufour (talk) 14:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and merge - I disagree with Steve Dufour about the "legitimacy" of Neufeld's criticisms. But one virtue of NPOV, as originally intended, is that it lets readers judge POV's for themselves. Having a compendium of Ex-members of the Unification Church would enable readers to see their common misconceptions - or to be "neutral" - their common perspective from which they judge their former church. Do they see darkness because they see through dark glasses, or what? --13:07, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't say that I agreed with his opinions, just that he has the right to express them. I also think his first hand account of his experiences is valuable. I could also mention that he has always seemed to have a concern for truth and honesty, in marked contrast to many some more well-known UC critics. Steve Dufour (talk) 01:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Because the article does not include citations from reliable sources, it does not appear to be in compliance with the verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 19:44, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with above comment. T r e e s R o c k  Pl an t A Tr ee! 15:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - I don't see notability established here.  Frank  |  talk  17:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable writer. His book fails WP:BK. Qworty (talk) 05:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


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