Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Protestantism by US State


 * 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 Delete for lack of sources. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-11 12:13Z 

List of Protestantism by US State

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Unreferenced since December 2005. No meaningful edits or clarifications from the author. ChrisRuvolo (t) 14:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete listcruft and fails WP:V. The Rambling Man 14:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment looking at a number of other "Protestants in X" (e.g. Protestants in Puerto Rico) this article could be merged only if it was completely re-written, as it is it's just a list, so modify my delete to include without prejudice, if written as per Protestants in Puerto Rico. The Rambling Man 15:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * There is no content as it stands, there is only an unsourced list. If Protestants in the United States was created and looked like Protestants in Puerto Rico, I would certainly have no objections to it.  But that is not this article. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, that's why I'm going for delete without prejudice of recreation should a more appropriate varient of the article emerge. The Rambling Man 21:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to Protestantism by country - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 15:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The main complaint is that this list is unsourced. Merging would not address that. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 15:38, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as arbitrary and unverified listcruft.-- danntm T C 16:23, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I don't see this as "listcruft". I see nothing wrong with a list of the states in the US ranked by their percentage of Protestantism.  However, this list is unsourced, and no reliable sources appear to be available, so delete bu I would not oppose recreation with proper sources. -- Whpq 18:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - An article shouldn't be deleted just because it's unsourced -- that would take out 90% or more of wikipedia. It just means it needs to get references.  Moreover, it's pretty obvious that this is pulled from a source, somewhere, so it probably wouldn't be too hard to find the source.  Finally, there are certainly reliable sources on people by religious denomination, even much more specifically than Protestant; there's a lot of this kind of data. This sort of statistical abstract information is actually pretty useful & helpful. --lquilter 03:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached  Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 21:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Giving people one more chance to find some sources, if nothing else. --W.marsh 21:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * In response to lquilter: This article is only statistics, no context, no prose. It is different from most unsourced articles because they should at least be providing context, or could easily be edited to do so.  If the article is only data, and we can't even verify if the numbers are correct, then there is no point in having it.  The information is only useful if it is correct, and I doubt that it is.  --ChrisRuvolo (t) 23:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete I have tried to source this and cannot. Statistics without sources, or information about the method and definitions that the statistician is working with are not only useless, they are indeed dangerous. -Docg 11:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete wikipedia is not almanac or world book of facts Fotografico 04:35, 9 February 2007 (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.