Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth H. Wood

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. John254 21:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kenneth H. Wood

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Editor of the house newspaper of the Seventh Day Adventists. Some house newspapers are notable (the Watchtower, for example) but this does not seem to be. A couple of publications, but by his own press so not indepenent. No secondary sources. Guy (Help!) 09:49, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

• I find it interesting that the user Guy thinks that a publication such as the "Watchtower" is significant but not the Seventh-day Adventist publication, the Review and Herald or Adventist Review. Seventh-day Adventists have hundreds of periodicals and I can see a case why many of the lesser known and regional periodicals would not be significant, but this is the main periodical for a religious group that has a membership of over 15 million with an estimate 25 million worshippers every week. This periodical is just as significant as the "Watchtower" and is pivotal to understanding what Adventism is all about. Kenneth H. Wood was also editor of this publication during a particularly tumultuous time in Adventist history. What is on the page is pretty much common knowledge to any Seventh-day Adventist, but it certainly needs to be expanded. I have put a lot of work lately trying to get Adventist information on Wikipedia and we need to continue expanding it, adding sources, etc. Kenneth H. Wood has also written over 30 books and written hundreds of articles, interfaced with leaders of other religious faiths, and is therefore a key Adventist representative and deserves to be kept on Wikipedia so that it can be expanded, sources added, etc. I noticed that the user Guy has listed a number of my articles for deltion, this one is very important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thewalkingstick (talk • contribs)

• I think you are misunderstanding. I said that the editor's notability is not established. Tis is not an Afd for the publication. Where are the reliable secondary sources for this subject? Guy (Help!) 22:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• keep seems to be notable, but needs more references Cornell Rockey 21:26, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
• keep obviously notable, but I'd still assume GF. But I should note that trying to AfD articles for religious reasons does usually not succeed, because the people here figure it out--and do not very much like it.DGG 00:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• Who's nominating things for religious reasons? Certainly not me. I am an Anglican, but I created the article on Indarjit Singh. I nominated this because there appear to be no sources independent of the subject's own publications. Guy (Help!) 22:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• I added a secondary source and two biograhical sources so there are now sources in this article to help verify its content and show editor's notability. Thewalkingstick 25 January 2007

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