Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of primates of the Orthodox Church in America


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The result was   keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:12, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

List of primates of the Orthodox Church in America

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Not notable list. Wikid as&#169; 02:52, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Not all the people on the list are notable, but notability is a guide to article topics, not content. The list is no different than the list of Catholic bishops, as both relate to the highest-ranking figures in a major religion. PaulGS (talk) 08:36, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak keep Needs to be cited, but if it can be cited, I don't have an issue with the article. Though I have to admit I thought we were talking about monkies... Admrboltz (talk) 13:01, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Per PaulGS. A list of heads of a major religion is notable. This list could do with more sources and notes. Metty 16:49, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Per PaulGS (note: I created the list.) I have added a source to at least get things started.--cholmes75 (chit chat) 16:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per all of the above except the nominator. Meets WP:LIST as a list of notable bishops in a notable church.  The general consensus has been that primates (i.e. archbishops, presiding bishops, or cardinals) of larger, well-known Christian denominations are per se notable, so the list of those should be kept for ease of navigation. Bearian (talk) 19:41, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 17:23, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep -- The Russian orthodox church may not be the most prominnet in America, but this is no differnet from a list of bishops (with a continuous succession) in any other church with dioceses. Peterkingiron (talk) 13:42, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per the points raised above. Really bad, probably offensive joke about monkeys running churches regretfully withdrawn. John Carter (talk) 15:53, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
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