Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lanka Lutheran Church

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The result was keep. The clarification after the initial AFD shows that the church is notable. Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 17:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lanka Lutheran Church

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Individual churches generally aren't notable, particularly if they fail WP:V and WP:RS. Wizardman 15:23, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete, RS coverage appears limited to press releases related to tsunami relief. Local organisation without RS coverage fails WP:CORP TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 18:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

*Delete No evidence of being specially singled out, such as an American church on the National Register of Historic Places would be. Interesting, by the way, that the article says that it's a small church, with only 1200 members! Nyttend (talk) 19:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete, yet again it fails both v and rs! --Camaeron (talk) 21:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
• Comment I think both the nominator and Nyttend have misunderstood the situation - this is not an individual church, but a denomination. StAnselm (talk) 00:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment I'm not sure it's a denomination, so much as the Sri Lankan branch of the Lutheran Church, at least that's how I read it. TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 00:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment. Yes, you're right, it's the Sri Lankan branch of the Lutheran Church, which makes it a national organisation, not a local one as you claimed above. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. I've put some references in the article to demonstrate the notability of this national organisation. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
  • • • and I have changed my !vote accordingly. I still think the article needs to be made clearer because it's still doesn't clearly demonstrate that, but it does establish notability TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 17:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep as a notable denomination: the bits added since the AFD was put up demonstrate that I understood wrongly before. Nyttend (talk) 17:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep as it is the national branch of an international denomination. Small, but not so small as to be NN. Peterkingiron (talk) 01:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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