Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orthodox parishes in California

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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 08:33, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Orthodox parishes in California[edit]

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We've deleted Orthodox parishes in Washington D.C. and Orthodox parishes in Arkansas; it's high time this one goes as well. I think the Washington, D.C. discussion raised some good arguments for deletion, and they revolve around WP:NOTDIR. We're not here to provide a directory of non-notable parish churches; the Yellow Pages are for that. A few of these, such as the cathedrals, may be notable, and we should think of how/if to list those (perhaps at List of cathedrals in the United States?), but this particular list is not encyclopedic. - Biruitorul ^Talk 18:00, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. —Jujutacular ^T · C 21:15, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. —Jujutacular ^T · C 21:15, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is actually a second nomination, as this article was previously kept in this discussion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Orthodox parishes in Alaska. LadyofShalott 22:22, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTDIR and WP:LINKFARM. Wikipedia is not a place for lists of non-notable places. The fact that virtually none of the elements of this list have their own WP article is evidence that this list fails WP:NOTDIR. SnottyWong ^babble 22:33, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - clear case of WP:NOTDIR and WP:NOTLINK.--70.80.234.196 (talk) 00:29, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per cogent arguments above. I often get initially confused between articles on churches and parishes. if these were interesting old church buildings, they probably would deserve articles, then after a bunch were created, make this list. but they arent notable buildings, as far as i can tell.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:54, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The previous deletions were wrong; fortunately, we do not follow precent. This is almanac type information, and WP does give much of the sort of material that is included in conventional almanacs. DGG ( talk ) 08:27, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd be curious to know what conventional almanac (as opposed to telephone book) provides directories of parishes. - Biruitorul ^Talk 15:01, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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