Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Thomas Missionary Society


 * 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 Delete. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-05 10:20Z 

St Thomas Missionary Society

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I cannot find any reason why this is notable. —— Eagle 101  Need help? 03:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - very possibly notable, but online sources may be hard to find. They are apparently covered in an encyclopedia of Indian Christianity: . Help from someone with more knowledge of the Mar Thoma church would be good. -- BPMullins | Talk 15:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep: A weak keep but with the condition that more sources and a major expansion take place.  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 21:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep unless you can establish that it's not notable. If it's not notable, merge it into an appropriate article. Deletion is a last resort, and even the first resorts haven't been taken on this. Fg2 01:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions.   -- Mereda 08:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * With particular regard to Fg2's comment, I'd like to say that the onus of proof is on the article's writer, not the contributor to the AfD debate. This comment alone swayed me to Delete unless better references can be found by the end of this debate. No objection to re-creation later, of course, if someone can do the job properly. WMMartin 16:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete No assertion of notability. I've looked for secondary sources and didn't see enough substance that's independent (though I added an item to the article). What swayed me was finding that "There are a total of 209 Religious Institutes in the Syro-Malabar Church.". Let's only have the notable ones! Mereda 17:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - religiocruft. Baka man  23:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless notability is asserted and sources/references are provided. utcursch | talk 11:47, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - non notable, religiocruft. --Candy-Panda 09:01, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


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