Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas Friends of Chabad Lubavitch


 * 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. Bduke (talk) 11:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Texas Friends of Chabad Lubavitch
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The creator of this article has recently created articles that are variations of one Chabad type. So far at least three others have been nominated for deletion, see Articles for deletion/Yossi Lazaroff, Articles for deletion/Chabad of Brazos Valley, Articles for deletion/Jewish Aggies that are essentially WP:VANITY pages. This article is about a fund-raising organization of the Chabad Hasidic movement of which there are thousands similar ones in the world. Wikipedia is not Chabad.org meaning that it is not here to further the publicity and propagandistic aims of the movement. Chabad has its own plentiful websites and Wikipedia should resist a stealth invasion in this manner, (see the bloated Chabad sidebar template that exhibits "an ambition that does oe'r leap itself" -- to quote Shakespeare in Macbeth.) This article is part of a trend that violates Wikipedia is not a soapbox; Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files; Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, social networking, or memorial site; and just plain Wikipedia is not your web host of which, and for which, Chabad has plenty of. IZAK (talk) 10:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

*Keep I feel that this deletion attempt is a bit hasty, this subject should be expanded on as it encompasses the entire Chabad movement in Texas. If anything, more needs to be written about this, more articles should be created as well. At present the article is underdeveloped, but that is no reason for deletion. Culturalrevival (talk) 16:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete for above reasons. IZAK (talk) 10:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions.   IZAK (talk) 10:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete it is just a Chabad run charity to take in money. News archive shows non notable. Vanity. Lobojo (talk) 12:31, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - The above voter also describes Chabad rabbis as "(cultish self-promoters)" . I would appreciate it if the anti-Chabad comments and arguements could be kept out of this discussion. This is not the place to profane religious leaders of any kind!!! Bhaktivinode (talk) 13:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, chabadcruft? Definitely not encyclopædic, as outlined above.  Lankiveil (talk) 12:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC).
 * I was too hasty, the article I linked too was about Chabad Lubavitch of Texas, which I feel would of been encompassing and believe to be a notable subject. This is not that article. Culturalrevival (talk) 17:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It encompasses nothing, it is just a fundraising group that raises and distributes monry. On what sources should it be expanded? Lobojo (talk) 17:00, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge important info from Texas Friends of Chabad Lubavitch, Chabad of Brazos Valley, Yossi Lazaroff, and Jewish Aggies into Texas A&M University. Don't worry about that section getting to big. All these articles are stubs that basically have the same info. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 16:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  23:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge see Brewcrewer. Culturalrevival (talk) 11:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete for Non-Notability. Springnuts (talk) 22:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Is there any claim that there are reliable sources mentioning this organization? As always, I would handle this one by the notability without assuming any particular motives. If this organization has special notability we might not be aware of sources need to be produced. Otherwise, merge per Brewcrewer. --Shirahadasha (talk) 23:24, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete for non-notability per WP:ORG or merge per Brewcrewer. The only independent source produced mentions the organization only in passing, saying nothing about it except that it is the Texas regional headquarters of Chabad. A keep vote requires a notability claim backed by sources. This article has neither. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 01:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete due to notability and sourcing problems. I have no objection to merge (per Brewcrewer) but it's not necessary for deletion. HG | Talk 04:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Apparently this group exists. Not much more can be said about it, and there seems little likelihood that much more will ever be said about it. Jayjg (talk) 02:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'd guess that it's a group for fundraising/support. Lacks notability. HG | Talk 15:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:N and WP:ORG. No need to have an article for every Friends of Chabad unless they actually have notability of their own.Collectonian (talk) 04:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


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