Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Duncan Campbell (revivalist)

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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 keep. --Coredesat 02:05, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duncan Campbell (revivalist)

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Non notable, scottish preacher. ornis 14:47, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak Delete. as per nom. 846 hits on Google.--Edtropolis 15:26, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Even ignoring the silly notions that someone who died two decades before the World Wide Web was invented will necessarily be widely documented thereon, counting Google hits is not research. Research involves actually reading the articles that the search engines turn up. Uncle G 17:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Aside from the various things on the World Wide Web, including this biography, that Edtropolis overlooked above when counting hits instead of searching for sources, this person is the subject of a 17-page biography in ISBN 0310246636. He is also discussed on pages 177–178 of ISBN 0310362717. The PNC appears to be satisfied. Keep. Uncle G 17:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep assuming Uncle G adds what he found.DGG 20:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Very Strong Keep - The British do not use the word "revival" for every minor evanglistic campaign, only for events involving a mjor turning of peopel to faith in Christ. The last such in Britain was the Hebrides Revival. This covered a smaller area than the Welsh Revival, the previous event about whcih the word is used. Duncan Campbell was the principal leader of the Hebrides revival and is most certainly notable. I have added a further reference, a paperback biography of 190 pages, with an endorsement on the backcover from Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Certainly not a mere NN preacher. I will try to expand the article when I find time, but will have to reread the book first, having not read my copy for a well over a decade.
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  15:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Week keep per Bsnowball, preferrably along with creating of a notable and referenced Lewis Awakening article. -- Futurano 09:41, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note - I have today substantially expanded the article, and in doing so, I have removed "notability" and two "stub" tags. I have included a section on the Lewis Revival, and would suggest that it should for the moment (at least) be created as a redirect to Duncan Campbell. Peterkingiron 15:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep A well researched article that clearly shows the subject's notability Jack1956 20:43, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep this please, good referenced article on important religious figure.--Sandy Donald 22:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Having seen the expansion made by peterkingiron, I withdraw my vote to delete.ornis 00:06, 18 June 2007 (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.