Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North Carolina Buddhist Vihara


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The result was Delete, no independent sources nor other indication of notability. Tikiwont (talk) 11:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

North Carolina Buddhist Vihara

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Non notable recent Buddhist temple. Speedy deleted four times, each time recreated, so listed at AfD to get rid of it once and for all. No Google news hits, only six Google hits, none of them indicating any notability. Fram (talk) 08:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * North Carolina Buddhist Vihara is a well known Buddhist temple in North Carolina. It is maintained by Sri Lankan community in RTP. The intension was to share information about the temple with new comers to the community.PrabathKuruwita (talk) 13:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete recreated page that is still not notable Gtstricky Talk or C 23:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,


 * Delete - Considering its location in NC it could be notable, but not as it is. Also, considering PrabathKuruwitas statement above, it seems like it may border on violating WP:SOAP.   Altairisfar talk  02:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

PrabathKuruwita (talk) 00:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This official web site of the North Carolina Buddhist Vihara is www.ncvihara.org.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions.   -- --  pb30 < talk > 17:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. No assertion of meeting any sort of notability requirements, and given the age of the group, I doubt that we will find evidence that it does. Pastordavid (talk) 20:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment notability here requires documentation. There are some criteria that need to be documented, these are described in the WP:ORG guideline. Wikipedia's basic approach has been to assume that individual congregations are not inherently notable, and this assumption is also being applied here. Documentation has to consist of independent publications that assert the temple is important and/or describe it in substantial detail. They could be religious publications that are well-read in an important segment of the Buddhist world and are considered reliable for identifying what's of note in that world. They could also include local newspapers that have commented on it and considered it notable for the area. Note that routine mention of congregations in religion sections of local newspapers, somewhat like wedding announcements and obituaries, are not generally considered evidence of notability. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 17:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC).
 * Additional comment Because a lot of companies, advocates, etc. began writing articles to promote their organizations and viewpoints, Wikipedia crafted a set of policies to prohibit the creation of articles for the purpose of advertising and promotion. WP:ORG has a section mentioning this prohibition. If the temple has reliable sources documenting that it is notable this shouldn't be a problem so far as keeping the article is concerned. However, you should be aware that if there is published criticism of the temple, its leaders, etc., that criticism will likely also make its way into the article and, if documented, can't be removed. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 17:17, 27 January 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.