Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Seaborn

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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 07:07, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Seaborn[edit]

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Bio of an evangelist with no evidence of notability. Sgroupace (talk) 20:27, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Seemingly unnotable subject, no significant coverage by independent third parties. No objection to recreating should sources appear that back up notability, and as this is the authors first article userfying it might not be a bad idea. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 22:13, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If he is not notable as an evangelist, then perhaps he is notable as an author per the list of published books? Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 22:33, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:20, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:20, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep If he really was responsible for the What Would Jesus Do phenomena. Even if he's not then a borderline keep for list of books and evidence that he's on the national evangelical circles. JASpencer (talk) 09:26, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That phenomenon's ultimate roots lie in the 1896 book In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? by Charles Sheldon. This article claims Shelborn is responsible for popularizing the query again in the form of bracelets. Related citations are in the article What would Jesus do?; both citations there credit the bracelet reminder to a youth minister named Janie Tinklenberg. The Christianity Today source says that "The catalyst for the explosive popularity of the bracelets may have been Paul Harvey, who mentioned them on his syndicated radio broadcast every day for a week during the spring of 1997. ..." Given the lack of citations here, and citations to reliable sources with different answers elsewhere, I'm rather doubtful of this claim myself. GRBerry 23:37, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. Not sure if he was responsible for the WWJD deal, but he is a legitimately published author (small publishers, but reputable ones). Could use work on sources and a less promotional tone. Niteshift36 (talk) 22:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 03:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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