Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rochester Zen Center

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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. — Rlest (formerly Qst) 09:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rochester Zen Center

Rochester Zen Center (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Non-notable religious institution. No more notable than any other run-of-the-mill church or synagogue. No claims of notability. Corvus cornix 04:20, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment. According to the Philip Kapleau article (which unfortunately is not properly sourced) the Rochester Zen Center was the first Zen training center to be founded by an American.-- aBSuRDiST -T J C- 05:01, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
    • This says the first Zen training center in America was in San Francisco. Corvus cornix 05:04, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
      • Yes, but that center was not founded by an American.-- aBSuRDiST -T J C- 01:49, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment ~ Infrangible 14:58, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep here is some significant coverage proving the center's notability. Shambala Sun magazine also makes mention of the center. Tricycle, the preeminent Buddhist publication, gives a multitude of results when the center is queried in quotes. VanTucky (talk) 23:03, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. The comments of Absurdist and VanTucky are pretty convincing, as far as reliable sources go, but I'm making this a weak keep because the Philip Kapleau article isn't sourced. There also appear to be several articles on JSTOR which mention this Zen Center in some detail. Switchercat talkcont 02:18, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

If you've got sources, why not add them to the article? But I contend that in none of the links is the Rochester Zen Center the primary focus of the article. "Makes mention" does not satisfy WP:RS. Existence is not in question, notability is. Corvus cornix 17:26, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak keep as long as it can be fixed per WP:HEY. Bearian 21:30, 23 July 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.