Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth Copeland

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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. - Mailer Diablo 19:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kenneth Copeland

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This article contains unencyclopedic material like he "turned his life over to ministry work," a long list of 2006 doctrines, and three poorly sourced quotes. Seems like an ad for this ministries combined with uncited controversies. There is nothing notable in the article other than he was on Believer's Voice of Victory in 1979, but "Believer's Voice of Victory" is an unsourced article with questionable notability itself. Arbustoo 20:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Keep. Poorly written maybe, but I think the questionable quote in the nom is just a flowery way of saying that he began working full-time on the ministry (as explained in the later sentences in that paragraph in the article). He seems notable (director of known church/religious movement/whatever-you-call-it, been in mainstream news several times for his controversial statements (the controversy was the news not just his statement), so the article would need cleanup work and more citations, not deletion. DMacks 20:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I don't like the guy, but he is a very prominent pastor in Christianity. --Dennisthe2 23:21, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletions. -- Eastmain 03:28, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Sufficiently notable, I think. --Eastmain 03:28, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I assume that by "he was on Believer's Voice of Victory in 1979" the nominator means "he has been the host of Believer's Voice of Victory since 1979." Maxamegalon2000 05:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep (see all of the above). dr.ef.tymac 14:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The Eventualist in me says that this article will eventually get sorted out and will be just fine. Nswinton 17:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Just needs some writing skills applied to article with reliable information in the controversies section. He's controversial, this is true, but what he supposedly says that stirs up controversy is not true.
  • Keep notable, but needs improvment as already noted Thewinchester (talk) 06:00, 10 April 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.