Talk:Myles Munroe

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[edit] Response to request for Speedy Deletion

I can understand how one can make a prima facie case that this is spam, but I believe the Myles Munroe clearly meets the Wikipedia requirements for notability, and hence, whereas the current content of this page aren't perfect, this page is no more commercial than the current Wikipedia entries for other notable writers, such as Salman Rushdie, or notable evangelists, such as Oral Roberts.

Regarding notability, Myles Munroe has already been listed as notable on Bahamians with a request for a page. This article was created to meet that request. A Google news archive search results in over 300 news articles about Dr. Munroe since 1980. Additionally, the awards and honors he has received are quite prestigious. When Mr. Rushdie, for example, was awarded Queen's Birthday Honours (an award that Myles Munroe received some years earlier) it resulted in strong protest from several Muslim countries.

One might argue that a link to Dr. Munroe’s home page is commercial, but this standard practice in Wikipedia.

One might also argue that the link to an Amazon listing of his works is commercial, but this was merely to provide a reference on the number of works he has authored. If it is felt to be overly commercial, then it can be easily deleted without unduly compromising the article.

I believe that the above response fully addressed the concerns about spam but would welcome further elaboration of any issues I have missed.--Nowa (talk) 03:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)