Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WikiChristian (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 02:30, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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No reliable sources cited, no hits on Google News, no real claim of notability (being the 79th largest Wiki isn't much of a claim, neither is being the biggest Wiki on Christianity). I'm amazed this hasn't been deleted yet. J Milburn (talk) 16:55, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as nn. SpecialK(KoЯn flakes) 17:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete nonotable and doesn't meet WP:WEB Themfromspace (talk) 17:38, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Fails notability, doesn't even make it onto this list. Bsimmons666 (talk) 19:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: It was indeed number 79 in July 2008, but has since reduced massively in size due to bulk deletion of uploaded pages, mainly book chapters including public ___domain translations of the Bible. As a Christian editor here, having read the previous AFDs, I agree that there is no longer a sufficient justification for retention. - Fayenatic (talk) 20:21, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The deleted articles were mainly Bible verses -- these have been moved into a separate name space, so no longer appear in the article count. One could conclude that it hasn't really reduced in size since July. However, it's probably fairer not to count Bible verses as articles; this wiki is therefore revealed as smaller than the raw statistics previously indicated. Given its small number of articles, and lack of independent citations, it doesn't meet Wikipedia's notability requirements (even though I do like it). Delete. - Fayenatic (talk) 12:28, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. —Fayenatic (talk) 20:23, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge anything useful to its entry in List of wikis. I've done ProQuest, EBSCOHost, and Google News searches and come up with ZERO hits. Jclemens (talk) 20:41, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • That list rightly only contains Wikis which are notable enough to have their own articles in Wikipedia, therefore nothing should be merged there if the nominated article is deleted. - Fayenatic (talk) 12:28, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hmm. Well, then I'm going to have to reluctantly vote Delete because of my failed search for independent reliable sources. Jclemens (talk) 17:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- seems a harmless article to me. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:44, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • See WP:NOHARM. MuZemike (talk) 22:09, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - But I have a vested interest because I'm from WikiChristian - If you decide to delete the article on WikiChristian, that's cool. By all means you need to follow the policies of Wikipedia regarding notability. I'll give you a list of a few websites that reference to WikiChristian and you guys I guess need to decide whether or not this makes WikiChristian notable enough. Perhaps they don't. (1) reonline.org.uk (a large site for religious education information in the United Kingdom) recommends reading WikiChristian's information for a number of its topics (for example, Christology - http://post16.reonline.org.uk/tt_alinks.php?222) (2) 123-exp-law.com (a dictionary site for legal information) recommends reading a number of WikiChristian articles (for example death of Jesus - http://www.123exp-law.com/t/03784348455/). (3) The Student Union of the Divinity School of Chung Chi College and The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library recommends searching WikiChristian among other encyclopedias when searching for religious information (http://www.sudsccc.org/download/thesis_writing_workshop_koonting.pdf). Cheers, Graham —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.48.186 (talk) 12:44, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Thank you for disclosing your possible conflict of interest and providing links. Jclemens (talk) 14:13, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• None of the provided sources appear to provide any real notability. J Milburn (talk) 16:00, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No notability in the [[WP:N|Wikipedia] sense. Springnuts (talk) 18:06, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.