Hankley3

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First Baptist Church of Council Grove

Please stop removing well-sourced information from the article First Baptist Church of Council Grove.

--That article is primarily about the historic structure, and not about the congregation that used to meet there. Please discuss any changes that you wish to make on Talk:First Baptist Church of Council Grove, giving the reasons you think they should be made. It may be that the name of the article should be changed to make it clearer that it is largely about the building. The building is notable as it is on the National Register of Historic Places, and so an article on it is appropriate. DES ^(talk) 16:32, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

November 2013

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates, or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did at First Baptist Church of Council Grove, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. GB fan 17:09, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you remove or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, as you did at First Baptist Church of Council Grove, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. This has been explained to you several times, on this talk page and on the Help desk. You have not responded, nor in any way explained or justified your edits. You are already in violation of the three revert rule. Please do not remove the information about the building again without first discussing the matter on the talk page. If you do, you will be blocked from editing. DES ^(talk) 18:42, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

help to fix bad page for "First Baptist Church"

Sorry about the "disruptive editing". I did not read well before I edited. And I did not see/receive earlier warnings.

Problem: The building is not the First Baptist Church. It is now the Bowers Community Center. The sale of the building specified that it should not be referred to as the First Baptist Church. The bell tower was removed and the building renamed. The CG site http://councilgrove.com/24-historic-sites-of-council-g/ correctly refers to the building as "the former First Baptist Church", now the Bowers Community Center. The Wiki page is translated into a Facebook page and people are directed to the wrong place. Can the name be changed to "former First Baptist Church" (and perhaps, now the Bowers Community Center)? Or can we make a new page for Bowers and change the Church page Info to "church"? Thanks for help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hankley3 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 11 November 2013‎

Now we have a clear reason for the edits you have been making. Thank you. I will copy your comments above to Talk:First Baptist Church of Council Grove. It should be possible to make a clearer comment in the article, although it already indicates that the church congregation no longer meets in the historic building. It is possible that the article can be moved/renamed, but the building became notable as a church building, and the name ought to reflect that. I am not sure what the best solution will be, but I should think one could be found. DES ^(talk) 20:30, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

If it seems OK, I will update some of the text to clarify the past use and transition of the building (but will not change any of the tags and structure of the page). Just checking.

That should be fine, provided you don't remove the info on the historic structure. If you are unsure, post on the talk page first. If possible, provide citations to reliable sources. DES ^(talk) 17:45, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Note that the article is about the building and so content about the congregation that no longer uses the building must be kept in perspective in way we cover it. Since there is so little about the building, the content about the congregation must likewise be minimal. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:46, 13 November 2013 (UTC)