Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Thompson (pastor)

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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 no consensus to delete; default to keep. - Philippe 04:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kevin Thompson (pastor)

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This seems to be a person who is notable for only one thing. He was sent to prison on a minor crime and his sentence ended with no press notice. Borock (talk) 18:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete per nomination ukexpat (talk) 19:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
  • No vote As a friend of Kevin's and a member of the church he formerly pastored, I don't feel that I should vote in this discussion. I did add a note about his current situation and plans to the article, but this was quickly deleted as original research. Steve Dufour (talk) 20:10, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep. The connection with the shark smuggling and the Unification Church is interesting. Perhaps this might be better off if it were merged elsewhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TallNapoleon (talk • contribs) 21:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
If there were an article on the American Unification Church it might be merged there. As it is the Unification Church article covers the entire world-wide church of which the American church is only a small part. The actions of one person, no matter how wrong (Kevin pled guilty and served his sentence), would be undue weight if mentioned there. Steve Dufour (talk) 21:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Article said Moon himself was excited about the project. That seems pretty weighty to me. TallNapoleon (talk) 21:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
  • No Vote I'd better follow Mr. Dufor's lead on this one. It took months to bring the article to a genuinely neutral tone; not to mention, make it more factual, especially in cases where the media accounts cited are demonstrably inaccurate. Thompson was also in the media for a heroic water-borne rescue, in 1994, however there are too few online accounts (as yet) to back up an expanded article.

Cuebon (talk) 06:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Speaking of notable events, I've just posted copies of official records from 1994. This event was heavily covered in the San Francisco / San Jose media, for many days, and Thompson figured prominently. The story predates existing media web archives, however, I intend to retrieve and post copies from newspaper microfilm files.

http://www.cuebon.com/Navynewspaper.pdf

http://www.cuebon.com/Commendation.pdf

Cuebon (talk) 04:27, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


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