Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Renihan

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The result was Delete due to lack of notability and reliable sources. ugen64 05:17, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Renihan

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Non-notable baptist minister. Co-authored an obscure book and is an associate Professor at an obscure seminary. Re-creation of a speedily-deleted article. johnpseudo 21:59, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

James Renihan is the dean of a program of study at a fully accredited (both regionally and ATS) seminary. Sure, he's not Al Mohler but he's worth a stub at least.Eugeneacurry 22:17, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete 308 hits on Yahoo, most coming from Baptist sources. Fails WP:N. Blueboy96 22:19, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete not notable, the article hadn't been edited since 1 March 2007 when it was created, if this isn't going to be expanded then it may as well be deleted. Darrenhusted 22:31, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, he is a published author (whose book is sold at Target) A Dean and Associate Professor at a College. He is notable. Callelinea 23:10, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. First of all, he did not write the book. This is a notable book written in 1752 by Benjamin Beddome. He wrote an introduction to a new edition! Second, being an associate professor is no claim to notability - most universities have hundreds. Third, there are no reliable independent non-trivial third party sources talking about him specifically. The only sources I find are talking about the book, which, again, he did not write. (Edited because I got the date wrong. Still 250 years ago. )--Charlene 00:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, I don't see why Westminster Seminary West is an obscure seminary, but this definitely doesn't pass the notability test for academics. Nyttend 01:43, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
• 'Delete' this is simply not a notable body of work, regardless of the semiary. DGG (talk) 03:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
• delete this is not his only book--I had some doubts, since it seems a respectable seminary. So I double checked OCLC, & added the 4 or 5 others. But except for his devotional book, they are held only in a handful of specialized libraries. Still not a notable body of work. DGG (talk) 04:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 15:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep as notable, although I'd have to disagree with any grad of Trinity. Bearian 23:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. As an author of several books, Renihan has some notability, even though his belief system is probably very different from mine. A specialized topic doesn't make an article non-notable. In fact, articles on specialized topics should receive an "expert-subject" tag before deletion is considered. Finally, Wikipedia permits articles of different sizes depending on their notability. A small article on a slightly notable subject is appropriate. Valerius 01:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.