Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The First Cathedral

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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. WjBscribe 01:10, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The First Cathedral

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Promotional; unclear notability; unreferenced — ERcheck (talk) 04:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC) •

  • Keep The article needs to be rewritten, but the church is claimed to be the largest Protestant church in New England, with more than 11,000 members. We have tended to allow articles on "mega-churches" to stay. I found at least one article in the Hartford Courant on the pastor and his church. Brianyoumans 05:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, controversy over holding public high school graduations in the building[1], called "one of the largest African-American churches in New England"[2], etc. --Dhartung | Talk 07:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
*Comment - passing comments in the press, in articles that are primarily about another subject, don't really qualify as references. Are there any references that deal specifically with the subject itself? Tarinth 18:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete With no references whatsoever, it might be a complete hoax. Also, if it is a cathedral, who is the bishop? Edison 05:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
*Comment - there's an archbishop's picture (in purple clerical collar) on the article. That said, if the precedent is to allow mega-churches to stay, then we should *Keep. Philippe 04:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep even though this is blatant self-promotion produced by the subject. The lack of a bishop appears to be explained by it being a baptist church, a denomination that usually have none. If they like to call it a Cathedral, because it is bigger than a normal church, I suppose they may. Peterkingiron 20:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep WP:IDON'TLIKEIT, but it meets natability criteria. This article needs ALOT of work. The trivia section needs to be flamethrowered, the vision and mission statements can not be made POV, so wave the flamethrower that way, too. I volunteer to cleanup this article, if it survives. (I like fire). Jerry 22:32, 1 April 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.