Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Church of the Last Testament

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 and redirect to Vissarion considering that more than half the article is copyvio from [[1]]. Kimchi.sg 16:39, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Church of the Last Testament

nn group. Few ghits. Would speedy but they claim media coverage. --Pboyd04 23:36, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. They have plenty of coverage for a Russian cult. They are also referred to as the "Vissarion cult". Accoring to this site they are estimated to have 10,000 followers. [2] -Will Beback 02:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Religious crack-pot cruft. —optikos 03:09, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Religious crackpots are at times notable or become so. Look at Hong Xiuquan or L. Ron Hubbard. The "Church of the Last Testament" has been covered by The Guardian[3], CESNUR[4], and Zenit News Agency[5]. That said a merge is a fine idea as it adds little uncovered by Vissarion.--T. Anthony 13:36, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

• Merge and Redirect with Vissarion. as per wikipedia's stringent "One article per messiah" rule -- GWO
• Merge & Redirect per GWO. I hadn't heard the one article per messiah rule. We need it. The current article reads more like a how-to-contact the group article than an encyclopedia entry. Carlossuarez46 18:47, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

As should go without saying it's not a rule, not even for NRMs, it's more a kind of joke. The examples of Category:L. Ron Hubbard and Category:Meher Baba kind of prove that. As for non NRMs there's Category:Jesus.--T. Anthony 05:17, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Merge and redirect all the 167 pages in Category:Christianity and all the who-knows-how-many pages in its 32 subcategories, per WP's stringent one-article-per-messiah rule. Incidentally, that following also started with a "religious crackpot" (unless, of course, you believe that it started divinely. But then that's true of every religious following). [This is not a vote.]—msh210℠ 20:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• Merge & Redirect per GWO -Will Beback 20:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Merge & Redirect folks should note that is no different from Keep since the merge can be undone by any editor the next day. After delete the editors of Vissarion can add any relevant content to their article. BlueValour 20:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. Beware the copyvio under "Official information about the Last Testament Church" from [6]. If this is to be merged, it may be best to delete it/the page history before redirecting. —Centrx→talk • 00:18, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Blizzard of One 15:56, 23 July 2006 (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.