Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North Tennessee Bible Institute (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Ya  sh  !   08:00, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

North Tennessee Bible Institute
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Notability not meeting WP:ORG. Previously deleted via deletion discussion, the only changes that have occurred since are that
 * it has claimed accreditation through Association of Independent Christian Colleges and Seminaries (AICCS), a claim that could neither be confirmed nor disproven through the AICCS website.... and in any case, the AICCS is on our list of unrecognized higher education accreditation organizations.
 * Its website is currently gone
 * Another school has appeared, the Florida Bible Institute and Seminary, claiming to be the same school, just moved and renamed. I do not find sources establishing this school's notability (do not confuse with the earlier Florida Bible Institute), nor independent sources confirming the relationship of the two schools. Nat Gertler (talk) 16:30, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 19:45, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 19:45, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep, as a school that demonstrably existed and granted degrees - albeit it was not accredited. I will try to return and do a little more sourcing, but it does appear to have been a real, if small, post-secondary college.  Many hits in my searches are to profiles about alumni of this small college, (like this McClatchey news service profile of a pastor who is works with therapeudic horses and may himself merit an article, "Tent revival organizers invite community to worship,", this "New church is Detroit pastor's best-ever birthday present: The Rev. Darryl Ford plans to meet human needs of community," Detroit News, ,  or this news story about a political activist in the Dallas Morning News ) I get more like that when I run searches going back a decade or 2.  Wikipedia is useful as a place where, when you read that  someone  went to a small college, you can look it up.E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:06, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
 * That said, I am not sure that the Florida thing should stay - unless it can be sourced.E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:06, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Mostly to give time to do his sourcing research. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:34, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 00:34, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you; I did a little more sourcing. Founding date; sale of the Institute's Tennessee property; news article about the kind of programs the Institue ran and the certificates it granted.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:06, 10 July 2016 (UTC).


 * Keep Institutions of higher education that exist or have existed get articles.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per E.M.Gregory and John Pack Lambert. StAnselm (talk) 01:09, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


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