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Speedy deletion nomination of Open Episcopal Church
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A tag has been placed on Open Episcopal Church requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
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Hi
editI've taken the CSD tag off, but there are great problems with the article. You have given a great stack of 'references', but not one of the accessible ones is in fact a reference as we use the term. (I can't speak for the books.) I don't think you understand the way it works here, yet. In the article, you put a reference against Michael Parkinson - which takes us to the Wikipedia article. The way that should be done is by wikilinking like this Sir Michael Parkinson which is [[Sir Michael Parkinson]] when you type it in. (If you want to link to a Wikipedia article this way but use a different form of the name, that can be done too. Ask if you need it.) These are links not references, as the article makes no mention of the subject. None of your references, so far as I can see, show notability for your subject. The Jade Goody one is a brief mention only. The Guardian one about Post the Host is somewhat more, but not really showing enough for an article. The Scottish Parliament one shows that one of the Church members led Time for Reflection. What this is and who gets called to lead it I do not know. It could mean something, or they might just pick a denomination/religion at random. Please look at WP:RS to get an idea of what is needed (reliable sources, and WP:GNG for general notability. Sources linked to the subject cannot show notability, but may be used for extra info once notability is shown. For a start, sort out the wikilinks that are currently references (and a few of the other references just go to the home page of some outside organisation that probably has an article on Wikipedia and could be wikilinked. I'm holding off calling for deletion on the grounds of non-notability for now, as I think the problem is that you didn't understand our requirements and procedure. If you have any queries, please don't be afraid to ask me or one of the other regular editors. (You can recognise us by the userpages, well used talkpages and varied subjects in our contribs...) Good luck. Oh, if anyone puts a deletion tag on, tell them that it's being reworked and ask them to please take it off again. They should see this, anyway, when notifying you. Peridon (talk) 14:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
- That looks way better. Well done! Peridon (talk) 14:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
The article Open Episcopal Church has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
The Open Episcopal Church is a small denomination, with no recognition whatsoever from any major religious groups. Their leaders are widely seen as episcopi vagantes and nothing of notice can be said about them. As if this were not enogh, the creator of this page is one of the leaders of the Open Episcopal Church, which makes me think this page was created more for PR reasons than actual information. I move for deletion.
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Nomination of Open Episcopal Church for deletion
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