Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wiley B. Glass


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The result was speedy keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Nomination withdrawn with no remaining deletion proposals. (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 22:20, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Wiley B. Glass

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This has been tagged as relying on only a single source since 2011. A quick search on google scholar and google books shows that the biography cited here is more or less the only source that discusses Glass in detail, with a handful of later works referencing the biography. In my opinion, this clearly fails notability. SilverStar54 (talk) 05:50, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Christianity, China,  and Texas.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  06:31, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
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Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Notability (people), which says: "People are presumed if they have received significant coverage in  that are,  of each other, and .If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability." Sources   The book notes: "The revival spread through the seminary, the schools, the hospital, and the area churches. Perhaps the deepest impact was made on Culpepper's friend, Wiley B. Glass, a much respected missionary. As Glass sat in the meetings, a man's face came before him and God seemed to be asking him about his attitude toward that man. Glass had hated the man for many years, and suddenly the Holy Spirit brought him under deep conviction."   The book notes: "One day while in a revival meeting, a respected missionary in China, Wiley B. Glass ran to his missionary friend C.L. Culpepper and, in great anguish, asked his friend to pray for him. Both men went to their knees, but Glass pale as death and groaning in his anxiety, was unable to express his agony in words. Culpepper prayed with him, and for him, several times during that day and into the next. Finally, on the evening of the second day, Glass came running to Culpepper and threw his arms around him."   The book notes: "In general, the revivals in Shandong were a spontaneous rural movement that Wiley B. Glass, who taught at a Baptist seminary in Huangxian in northeastern Shandong, compared to a "cattle stampede." Yet Glass also found it to be a genuinely "indigenous" Christianity in contrast to the liberal religion envisioned by the Shanghai-based leaders of the NCC (which he dubbed "a type of foreign-inspired modernism that the Chinese did not readily accept").""  <li> The review notes: "In Higher Ground, Eloise Glass Cauthen presents the story of her missionary father, Wiley B. Glass, who served the Southern Baptist Mission in China for over forty years, ending his work there with the Japanese occupation of Hwanghsien in Shantung. Because of these circumstances his extensive diaries and all records were lost. When Mrs. Cauthen set out to write her father's life story she was dependent on her notes of conversations with her father, who lived into his nineties, clear of mind and always willing to recall details of past events and experiences. Mrs. Cauthen chose to use an autobiographical style to present her tribute to her great missionary father. This reviewer would have preferred a more straightforward narrative treatment instead of the use of the first person for the parental tale." </li> <li> There is a separate death notice in the same newspaper here. The obituary notes: "A missionary to China for 42 years, Dr. Glass worked in Shantung province throughout his overseas career. He taught in the North China Baptist Theological Seminary, Hwanghsien, 34 years and served as its principal for eighth years. Interned by the Japanese early in World War II, he was repatriated to the States in 1943. He retired in 1945. A native of Franklin County, Tex., Dr. Glass graduated from Baylor University, Waco, with a B.A. degree and from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., with a Master of Theology degree. He was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Baylor University in 1919." </li> <li> The article notes: "the man who with his wife brought up five children in China, where Dr. Glass served as a theological teacher. Although he will be 80 Sept. 4. Dr. Glass expects to continue working, using as his motto three verses (5-8) from the second chapter of Philippians. "Let the mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus ..."" </li> <li> The article notes: "Dr. and Mrs. Glass were missionaries in North China more than 40 years for the Southern Baptist Convention. They had lived in Fort Worth since their return 10 years ago from a Japanese internment camp in China. They have spoken throughout the South in interest of foreign missions." </li> <li> The article notes: "She was married to Mr. Gless after starting her mission work in China where Mr. Glass is also doing church work." </li> <li> The article notes: "A native of Texas, Dr. Glass was interned by the Japanese before his return to the States. He is a graduate of Baylor University and holds the Th.M. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as president of the Baptist Theological Seminary at Hwanghsien, China, from 1924 to 1931." </li> <li> The article notes: "Wiley B. Glass and Jessie Pettigrew Glass, Mt. Pleasant, Texas, and Alice Barlow, Hope, Ark., are among the 1,236 American nationals aboard the Japanese ship Teia Maru to be exchanged at Mormugao, Portuguese India, for Japanese nationals from this country, according to an United Press story." </li> <li> The article notes: "Tuesday night's speaker will be the Rev. Wiley B. Glass, who served many years as a missionary to China, having been appointed to that country in 1903. For several years he did evangelistic work in Laichow and was then transferred to teach in the seminary at Hwangshien. In 1916 he organized a church in Lungkow, China. He is now retired, living in this country." </li> <li> The article notes: "He graduated from Baylor in 1901, spent a few years in seminary study, and then sailed for China—an adventurous undertaking some 30 years ago. He has been rewarded with great success as a Christian missionary, though, ... He has sent two daughters and a son back to finish Baylor and other American schools." </li> <li> The article notes: "The pioneer missionary and Mrs. Glass were interned in a Jap concentration camp in 1942. Since their release from the camp in 1945, they have been making their home in Fort Worth. Although retired because of age, Dr. Glass stated he hope to be able to go back to China for further missionary work." </li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Wiley B. Glass to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 12:46, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Wow, I'm surprised you were able to find all of those sources. In that case, withdrawn, and if you have the time it's be great if you'd improve the article with those sources. SilverStar54 (talk) 18:34, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Keep (edit conflict)-- The accusation of WP:OR is clearly wrong since one of the sources is clearly a published biography. The leader of a revival is certainly likely to be notable.  The fact that it is by his daughter might imply COI in that, but most missionary biographies are likely to be biased, since they tend to be eulogistic.  Despite that, it is clear he was an important missionary.  The article may be less than perfect, but that is not uncommon.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:38, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


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