Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oasis Church


 * 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   Merge with Chippenham--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 06:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Oasis Church

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Non-notable church. And that BBC reference is not about the church, but about Paul Jones (the church is cited briefly as a venue where the singer was making an appearance). Ecoleetage (talk) 02:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions.   —Ecoleetage (talk) 13:22, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete (with regret) -- I wish we could have articles on local churches, but the consensus is that most are NN, and this appears to be no exception. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * (changing vote) - Merge with Chippenham. That article has a section on churches, which includess a link to the website of this church.  I do not think this is a notable church, but the appropriate solution (as with primary school articles) is not to delete, but to merge them, usually with their town or village.  Peterkingiron (talk) 09:47, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry Ecoleetage, could you tell us; why it is non-notable, and what you mean by this? This gives the impression you have no proper reason for nominating this article for deletion. Also as I read the article I get the impression that the BBC reference is actually in relation to celerities that have visited the Church. Simschr (talk) 15:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 'Comment it needs in-line cites. Bearian (talk) 18:56, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, «  Diligent Terrier    [talk]   19:27, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge with Chippenham per Peterkingiron. Note to Simschr: I see the link to your talk page is red which means you have never had a Welcome message. I will put one there which will give you links to useful pages about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. In brief, notable is WP shorthand for of enough general interest for an encyclopedia article (remembering that WP is an encyclopedia not a directory) and the usual test is, have people independent of the subject found it of enough interest to write about. In this case I have to agree with the nominator that the only two independent references, "This is Wiltshire" and the BBC, are about a celebrity visit rather than about the church itself. JohnCD (talk) 21:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge Hey, I love local churches! Some churches are indeed notable.  I don't see any reason to think this particular church is a worldwide standout.  Wikipedia is not a church directory.--Paul McDonald (talk) 12:33, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge - isn't notable enough for a stand alone article. PhilKnight (talk) 01:25, 15 August 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.