Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Village Presbyterian Church (Prairie Village, Kansas)

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The result was Nomination withdrawn. NPASR. Unscintillating (talk) 23:12, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Village Presbyterian Church (Prairie Village, Kansas)[edit]

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Non-notable article per WP:GNG. Has no significance beyond a passing mention in a PCUSA list of largest churches. No other sources or news found. Velinath (talk) 14:11, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages for the same reason (does not meet GNG; no sources past the PCUSA list of largest churches):

- Velinath (talk) 14:17, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 14:30, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kansas-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 14:31, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep all. We evaluate articles on their potential, not their current state. The nomination reflects a failure to perform the basic review outlined in WP:BEFORE, before nominating an article for deletion. A basic Google or HighBeam search shows quickly that these are important churches with significant coverage in reliable sources. Second Presbyterian of Indianapolis is old, large, and full of history; it's had important leaders including its founder, Henry Ward Beecher, and longtome mayor William H. Hudnut III. A lengthy history of the church can be found here [1] and there's more here [2]. Village Presbyterian of Prairie Village is well-covered and influential; as noted in this 1994 Washington Post article it was the subject of a Cronkite Report episode that year in which Cronkite examined it as "a church that was an absolute perfect example of what is happening to churches all over the United States today in the split between the evangelical right and the more mainstream."[3] Christ Presbyterian of Edina has been the subject of extensive news coverage as a leader of the Fellowship of Presbyterians and the new Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO) [4][5][6] etc. All of these articles can be developed into good ones through collaborative editing consistent with Wikipedia's editing policy.--Arxiloxos (talk) 15:57, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:24, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep all clearly there is a lot of references that could be added to all articles in question. Each surpasses WP:GNG after just a quick search. There is no deadline. The state of the article is an editing issue and not a deletion issue.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:08, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Even after this short time it's clear I suffered from premature judgment when I submitted this. I did try to conform to WP:BEFORE but seems I just need some more experience to make sure I'm doing things right. Is it possible to withdraw the AfD nom and begin work on improving these articles? Velinath (talk) 19:38, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Close as withdrawn per the nominator's comment. VMS Mosaic (talk) 05:36, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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