Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saint Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church


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The result was keep. Mz7 (talk) 01:21, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Saint Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church

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Not notable under any of the thresholds, WP:GNG, WP:ORG, or WP:NCHURCH. Cabayi (talk) 08:59, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Cabayi (talk) 08:59, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nevada-related deletion discussions. Cabayi (talk) 08:59, 2 April 2018 (UTC)


 * delete RC parish with no claim to notability. Mangoe (talk) 13:45, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:03, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - In 1998, this parish saw its 50th anniversary and the Reno Gazette-Journal included in its September 26 Sunday edition a 12 page special insert about the church. The insert is called a "special advertising publication" and features numerous ads congratulating the church as well as articles which were written by Dorothy Kosich, a journalist who normally wrote for the Reno Appeal. While the insert is labeled an advertisement, the articles therein are, in my opinion, reliable sources. Most of the current building was completed in 1978 and by 1998 had 3,500 families. With this information, I found more articles, including: an announcement of the church's founding in 1947, an article on planned construction from 1976, some brief mentions of construction in 1978, and a bit of detail in obituaries of church priests. I generally favor inclusion for older churches (especially pre-depression-era churches) whose buildings and congregations have made a mark on a city. As this church doesn't meet my arbitrary cut-off and the current state of the article is not encyclopedic, I don't feel it necessary to !vote keep. That said, I think a borderline case could be made, and am providing these links in case anyone wishes to make use of them (check out WP:TWL if you do not have access to newspapers.com). Smmurphy(Talk) 17:24, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   17:03, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep I ran a couple of Proquest news archive searches on differing keywords adding sources to article as I went through the hits, stopping and coming here to opine when I had satisfied myself that this is a notableparish. Lots more sources out there.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:46, 9 April 2018 (UTC)  Oddly, I do not seem to have hit on the same articles mentioned by User:Smmurphy, different terms different engine, I suppose, But add his to mine and the ones each of us scanned or read but did not list, and I think you will agree that there is enough to show notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:44, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, per Smmurphy and E.M.Gregory. --Doncram (talk) 03:48, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, per my standards. It (1) "It has had two or more notable congregants." (although this is arguable.) (2) "It ... has been a major place of pilgrimage, beyond merely local or congregational interest." (3) "A significant icon, relic, or other holy item has been housed therein." Bearian (talk) 02:47, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep as per the reliable sources identified above and the ones added to the article during this discussion, passes WP:GNG Atlantic306 (talk) 17:18, 15 April 2018 (UTC)


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