Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery


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The result was Withdraw. Since votes continued after my withdraw comment, I might as well make this official myself. SL93 (talk) 06:08, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery

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I found nothing to show that this church organization is notable. Fails WP:ORG. SL93 (talk) 21:32, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - denominations, even small one, are generally notable, because there are directories and encyclopedias that list them and provide significant coverage. This one, for example, is listed in The Reformed Family Worldwide: A Survey of Reformed Churches, Theological Schools, and International Organizations, published by Eerdmans. StAnselm (talk) 22:14, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It is also listed in Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions. -- 203.171.196.14 (talk) 09:36, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Unlike individual churches and parishes, denominations are notable. WP:NONPROFIT is met in this case by the source listed by StAnselm. -- 203.171.196.16 (talk) 00:42, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Incubate Keep There are no references in the current article.  The article cannot stay in mainspace, as WP:V and WP:Deletion policy override the notability guideline.  Unscintillating (talk) 04:33, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Changing to keep as the article is no longer unsourced, and denominations are wp:notable as per the "worthy of notice" definition. Unscintillating (talk) 22:20, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I can see nothing in Deletion policy to that effect. Generally, we keep articles on notable subjects even if the article content needs work (WP:Wikipedia is a work in progress). In any case, the article does have references. -- 203.171.196.14 (talk) 09:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Denomination with nine congregations. Note, it's hard (but not impossible) to find third party references.  JASpencer (talk) 08:10, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. There are quite a few Presbyterian denominations, just as there are quite a few LDS splinter groups. However, the present system of (possibly short) articles linked by infoboxes seems to work well, and this article is part of that system. -- 203.171.196.14 (talk) 09:26, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: I withdraw this due to the keeps. The incubate comment should be ignored. SL93 (talk) 14:31, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:OUTCOMES; we usually keep denominations and dioceses with at least a half-dozen churches. Bearian (talk) 18:58, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - the practice of regarding denominations as notable seems sound. This is a case where the issues are best fixed by sourcing and editing. The Whispering Wind (talk) 20:57, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
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