Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vineyard Bible Institute


 * 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 redirect to Association of Vineyard Churches. ...per the comments over the last two re-listings. Anyone who wishes to merge may take the redirected page's contents from its history, which has been preserved. (non-admin closure) Lourdes  01:33, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Vineyard Bible Institute

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No evidence of or claim of notability as an organisation; no RSes. The book references are general Biblical scholarship. Mostly promotional. Was part of a cluster of related promotional articles, mostly created by apparent SPAs (the original creator has "vbi" in his name). David Gerard (talk) 07:40, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep - massive cleanup is required, of course, but they do offer accredited degrees. StAnselm (talk) 11:21, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I see the claim of association with St. Stephen's University, cited to a vbi-wiki page that is not accessible. But I did find this SSU cite. I'm still unconvinced this makes them a notable organisation - David Gerard (talk) 12:16, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Association of Vineyard Churches is a significant "new church" movement. This looks like its training programme.  Even if it is a programme of distance learning, it is certainly notable, whether or not their qualifications are formally accredited.  Peterkingiron (talk) 13:08, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 04:14, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. Any claims to notability must be supported by significant coverage in reliable sources, which has not been demonstrated. — swpb T 13:39, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. in  is willing to rewrite it. A sufficiently substantial education institution.  Apparently they do now offer degrees, but it's hard to be sure, as a good deal of their website seems out of date--and this article is too vague yto tell what is claimed.  DGG ( talk ) 17:47, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * A knowledgeable rewrite would be excellent stuff - at present, if it were culled to an RS-supported stub, there wouldn't be much left ... - David Gerard (talk) 20:25, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge and rRedirect to Association of Vineyard Churches. If kept, needs massive cleanup. Way too self-promotional.  Montanabw (talk) 04:27, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 13:02, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lourdes  02:14, 2 September 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Final relist -- Dane 2007  talk 02:25, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Dane 2007  talk 02:25, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Association of Vineyard Churches, where a single sentence, no sources, on this Institute already exists. If  is willin g to revise and source it, I would respect that, but I do not see that he has made such an offer, or that anyone else has.  The sentence  on page Association of Vineyard Churches can grow into an article might, of course, grown into a page someday.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:17, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect (after Delete) to Association of Vineyard Churches. At this point this is a WP:PROMO page. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:43, 14 September 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.