Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Murdock

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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 of the debate was keep. SushiGeek 01:32, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mike Murdock

Originally speedily deleted on January 8, 2006 [1]. Appealed on deletion review. There was a consensus that an AFD discussion should precede any deletion. I am listing for your consideration. —Encephalon 13:46, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Weak keep Although I find this sort of guy's message offensive and borderline blasphemous (basically:"Send me money and God will make you rich.") he appears to be moderately notable. Fan1967 14:10, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:BIO and WP:V. Claims notability, but doens't provide any evidence... and the claims appear fairly ridiculous (115 books and 5000 songs? When does this guy sleep???) Willing to reconsider if someone sources

this.--Isotope23 16:27, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

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  • IMO, none of those sources meet WP:RS other than Amazon since the majority of the links there are for his own website or groups he is affiliated with. No evidence that the audience is greater than 5000.--Isotope23 05:09, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Dr. Mike Murdock began full-time evangelism at the age of 19, in which he has continued for 35 years. He has traveled and spoken to more than 13,000 audiences in 36 countries, including East Africa, the Orient, and Europe and receives hundreds of invitations each year to speak in

churches, colleges, and business corporations. ww2.daystar.com Masssiveego 06:15, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

And again, I point you to WP:RS... Regardless, if this is kept it needs a big time cleanup.--Isotope23 16:08, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Famous, and gets flown around the country in the ministries cooperate jet. Audience in songs, books, television shows, churches.. over 5000. --Masssiveego 01:03, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Extremely reluctant keep. As loathe as I am to give this guy more publicity, the sheer number of published works and appearances on TV are sufficient for notability. Powers 15:49, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, per LtPowers. I would also note that people who are quite notable in this guy's kind of circle is likely to be completely unknown to the typical WP editor. So it may be tough to research and write up these kinds of articles, or find editors who will do so, but this guy looks like he's probably more than notable enough. We can at least have a proper stub. NTK 20:44, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Powers. Metamagician3000 05:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
  • keep please a famous evalnglist Yuckfoo 08:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per Isotope23. So he's a preacher. The woods are full of them. Tex 13:58, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Moe ε 17:56, 12 April 2006 (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.