Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pais Movement


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 16:55, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Pais Movement

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Fails WP:NORG due to lack of significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. This is the only thing which resembles non-copy-pasted, unaffiliated coverage and still falls short of demonstrating notability.  Dr Strauss   talk   18:03, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
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...2000 when Gibbs spoke at the Longview church, and she heard PAIS had a touring" Sadly, only that snippet view was available, no link to full article.
 * Tricky to search because searches on "Pais movement" produce so many hits on: Alianza Pais Movement, a very common translation of the PAIS Alliance, a socialist political party in Ecuador. Since it was founded a while ago (and I guessed it might have been more active back then) I tried Proquest News archive searching   "Pais Movement" + Christian, but got nothing.  So I tried "Pais Movement" + Texas, and "Pais Movement" + Manchester, still nothing.  Nest I tried "pais movement" + Paul Clayton Gibbs, then "pais movement" + Paul Gibbs.  Still nothing.  Finally  I searched Pais + Paul + gibbs and hit paydirt.  Well, a modest amount of paydirt:
 * A global education: Christian group exposes youths to other cultures, Johnson, Petrina J. Longview News - Journal; Longview, Tex. [Longview, Tex]03 Sep 2006: n/a. "Paul Gibbs in Manchester, England. "There was a need in schools for role
 * Spreading the faith at area schools, Levy, Abe. San Antonio Express-News; San Antonio, Tex. [San Antonio, Tex]13 June 2010. No link to full article, only this snippet: ","They talk about things with the kids that aren't part of our regular curriculum - things about morals and character," said John P. Kelly, superintendent of the Boerne school district. "The campuses were more serene and peaceful after Pais had been there a while." Pais, pronounced "pays," is an ancient Greek word meaning "child or servant of the king," and its motto is "missionaries making missionaries."  Brandeis High School denied access on campus. Vice Principal Jerry Woods said Pais had no track record at any Northside ISD high school and the Pais representative he met with last year was "evasive" and "vague" about his intentions."
 * Teachers wary of evangelical volunteers working in schools, Steffenhagen, Janet. Alaska Highway News; Fort St. John, B.C. [Fort St. John, B.C]10 Feb 2012: A.11. Full article is available behind paywall, the first paragraph gives a pretty good summary of what it says: "A global evangelical group that strives to place young missionaries in public schools has sparked concern among some Vancouver teachers who fear Pais Project volunteers in their school are trying to convert students."  Article ran originally in the Vancouver Sun, 2 Feb. 2012, title Evangelical group targets schools; Teachers concerned that young missionary volunteers helping out with aim of converting students
 * Volunteers aren't welcome back at school, superintendent says; Christian group breached regulations by contacting teachers directlyGyarmati, Sandor. Delta Optimist; Delta, B.C. [Delta, B.C]24 Feb 2012: 5.  Summing up I am leaning keep, but article would need to have the hot air let out and be reduced to what can be reliably sourced. E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:45, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep -- This claims to be an international movement. Even if it had one representative in each country, its coverage would probably be enough for one article.  It looks as if it is an evangelistic organisation, which is encountering difficulties with secularists; but I do not know, having not heard of it before.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:42, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   12:10, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Perhaps not endowned with WP:SIGCOV but the movement is notable and possess global recognition. The article is not the best, but definetely far better than many problematic articles left unbothered in the main-space.Celestina007 (talk) 01:39, 01 November 2017 (UTC)


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