Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Travesser

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 of the debate was keep. Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 02:33, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Travesser

Does leading a cult with 77 followers make someone notable? This man gets a few hundred Google hits. I scanned the first 100 and nearly all of them were bulletin board postings. Aside from his own organization's website and Wikipedia mirror sites, the world in general doesn't seem to be noticing. No press coverage, no books published. You be the judge. Durova 04:29, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment - Well, there has been at least a little bit of news coverage: [1]. For comparison purposes, a sampling of articles from List of new religious movements showed that those groups who membership numbers are cited in their articles generally have several hundred to several hundred thousand members, with most in the tens of thousands. The only one I could find with membership definitely under a couple of hundred was Heaven's Gate, which is obviously notable for other reasons. Of course, it's hard to say how many big a lot of the groups are when no numbers are cited in their articles. I'm not sure on this one, but perhaps we should consider renaming it Strong City (cult)? I know I couldn't get 77 people to believe I was the Son of God. - AdelaMae ^{(talk - contribs)} 07:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and Rename to Strong City (cult) per AdelaMae as leader of religious cult with 77 members, which I think is significant enough. Cults tend to have a lot of impact and be notable. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 10:43, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - The more obscure the better - where else but Wikipedia will you find information on obscure topics?
• Keep - The article is useful for research regarding the phenomena of people who claim to be Jesus Christ, more so than for the size or importance of his cult. Ignus 23:32, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - There's no reason for it to be removed; it seems like an unbiased recording of his life, and I look to Wikipedia for obscure information, of which this is a great example.

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