Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laurentian Wesleyan Church


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The result was   delete.  kur  ykh   05:17, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Laurentian Wesleyan Church

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Article about a fairly recent church (for a church that is) written entirely by the pastor himself (see the talk page) with little evidence of notability, that is, it has a website, and was written about about in the local newspaper because it sends books around the world. While this is a worthy cause, its nothing unique. Jac16888 (talk) 20:08, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep--(Pretty much copied from talk page:) As it is, the church isn't really very notable--there are simply few references to it, to put it mildly. Besides, what is a serious concern is the extensive, extensive "Current Events" section, which reads like an advertisement--those things aren't really events, and if they're current events, they are not the kind of thing one should find in an encyclopedia. Current events belong in a newspaper. Summarizing that whole paragraph into a sentence or two and moving it up in the article might allay some editors' concerns. Drmies (talk) 20:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep The argument that this church is recent makes it sound like it was formed at least since 1970. In North America any organization that pre-dates the start of World War II has survived at least some test of time.Johnpacklambert (talk) 18:28, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Absolutely no proof of notability given. Why a weak keep?  Nyttend (talk) 20:31, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. A lot of churches are notable such as Willow Creek Community Church.  This church appears to be a nice local church that is not notable outside of its community.  Remember, it's not that the church itself would be bad, it's just that an article about the church isn't appropriate for this encyclopedia.--Paul McDonald (talk) 21:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions.   -- VG &#x260E; 14:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see evidence for notability from reliable, third-party sources. VG &#x260E; 14:16, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to North Bay, Ontario. JASpencer (talk) 15:34, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete; the North Bay Nugget article about 66 banana boxes full of Bibles not enough for notability in the Wiki sense. Some info can go into North Bay, Ontario.  Springnuts (talk) 17:01, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * GFDL would then require either a redirect or history merge to allow author history. Double Blue  (Talk) 19:12, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  17:57, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to North Bay, Ontario. I have cleaned up the article a bit but with only one reliable source (I suspect the book has little to no direct mentions of this individual church but that's only a guess), Notability guideline has not been met and there is danger of violating WP:NOR, WP:V, and WP:NPOV. It can be mentioned in the city article and if more reliably-sourced information is added, then an independent article may be justified then. Double Blue  (Talk) 19:10, 12 October 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.