Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte


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The result was   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:14, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

St Michael and All Angels Church, Polwatte

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Non-notable church. No claim of notability. No independent refs. The only reference is the church website. On the website there is a history page with a reference to a 'The Story of St. Michael’s Polwatte – centenary book 1887-1987' which appears to be this work which appears to be a self-published work, since the publisher is the Diocese of Colombo and only one worldcat library has a copy of it. The Queen visited once, but there doesn't appear to be any in-depth coverage that I'm seeing. PROD removed by creator without comment. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:56, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. This is a historic church (125 years old), and Google Books finds several sources. -- 203.171.197.153 (talk) 00:50, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * This is indeed a 125 year old church and google books does indeed have a bunch of passing mentions. However I'm not seeing in in-depth coverage by independent sources as required by WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:53, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I would think the sources in GBooks would satisfy WP:GNG. There will be 125 years worth of offline sources as well. -- 202.124.88.82 (talk) 12:20, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * . Phil Bridger (talk) 16:29, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Apparently a landmark and old enough to be historic. I have tidied the article up a little.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:57, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep This Sri Lankan church is 125 years old and has several sources. --Artene50 (talk) 04:56, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you point to three or four in particular? I checked about two dozen hits on that list and none but this one even came close to meeting the indepth coverage and independence test. The trouble with the rootsweb source is that it appear to be written by a member of the congregation. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:34, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
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