Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Hall (Bahá'í)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )  07:26, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Stephen Hall (Bahá'í)

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This is a Biography of a Living Person and must pass a higher degree of quality. Per WP:Notability it does not have "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". This individual's notability stems from being a member of the Universal House of Justice, which is the highest elected institution of the Baha'i Faith. The members do not hold individual authority, but decisions by the majority carry authority. So far, just being a member has not resulted in significant coverage outside of a few announcement by the Baha'i news service. Cuñado ☼ -  Talk  17:30, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed there aren't many journal, just three basic mentions in newspaper about being elected to the House, or academic books mentioning him. I found a trivial mention of him encouraging someone who wrote a thesis: And that was after weeding out some false positives of a church. I can't verify anything else. Seems like a clear call to delete the article to me. Smkolins (talk) 18:10, 7 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2017 June 7.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 17:43, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:50, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  21:58, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep-ish The only thing I have been able to additionally find is Deseret News which is an LDS RS, clearly independent of the subject, but just mentions him rather than going into any detail. I suspect, however that his position may render him default notable per WP:CLERGY, even though we may have little verifiable to say about him. Jclemens (talk) 02:21, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:25, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This position is at least equivalent to a Christian bishop and thus meets WP:CLERGY. Sourcing is minimal but present. Power~enwiki (talk) 02:59, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep, i believe his high status within Bahaism warrants a separate article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.29.134.177 (talk) 23:47, 14 June 2017 (UTC)


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