Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharon Mosque

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. Y.Ichiro (会話) 03:28, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sharon Mosque

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This article fails WP:NOT in that there is no assertion of notability. The only incoming links are from its parent organization and from an article on the Imam which is probably not notable either. JodyB 12:00, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

• Keep and expand. I think it's probable that the major state or regional Islamic Centers are all of them notable, and we're judging the subject. Yes, its an inadequate article. DGG 05:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Yes it's a sub-stub but the mosque obviously exists & is a major regional centre. Given the number of church stubs that nobody thinks to deleting, deleting this looks to me like WP:BIAS. - iridescenti (talk to me!) 10:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I'm sure not going to loose any sleep over this except to say that the existance of other similar church stubs is irrelevant, please see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. I'm also not sure why it's a "major regional center." The link in the article shows it is one of two mosque operated by an overseeing mosque. And again, there is no assertion of notability, again, WP:NOTE. Finally, the suggestion of WP:BIAS is curious, though I disagree. Anyway, that's my two cents. JodyB 14:06, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Non-notable churches are frequently nominated for deletion, so why not mosques. clearly NN. Peterkingiron 16:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, WjBscribe 01:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete I see a mosque, associated with two others and see no claim to notability. If this was a Christian church with a branch in a nearby city, of whatever denomination I would also !vote delete. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Killing sparrows (talk • contribs) 02:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC).Dang that bot is fast!--killing sparrows 02:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I see it a little differently-- the mosque is one half of the islamic Center, and the other half is the School. If this were a Christian church and the leading church of its denomination in New England, I would !vote to keep that also. DGG 02:47, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, I see your point. If this were the largest RC or Presbyterian church in the state, possibly, but I would still want an assertion and refs of notability. Where is the claim, much less the references, that this is the 'leading church of it's denomination in New England'? I must admit that I have a pretty high bar for what I consider not only notable, but encyclopedic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Killing sparrows (talk • contribs) 03:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

• Keep and expand --Remi 04:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. It's a hub for Boston-area Muslims and it has repeatedly been in the news (e.g. [1],[2]). I am adding external links. Stammer 05:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
• Neutral: It's by no means the leading (or the only) mosque in the area; its sister mosque in Quincy (which is down the street from where I live, coincidentally) is. There've been articles mentioning it recently as well, as the INS is trying to deport its imam, but nothing much about it.  RGTraynor  14:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete nn religious building, like so many other churches; in a non-hierarchical religion as Islam it's POV to say what mosque is the "leading" one; it has not done anything notable, like raised the dead or otherwise attracted more than the passing media notice that any congregation would be bound to do. Carlossuarez46 19:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep -- granetd it's a stub, but that oughtn't to result in deletion, or 25% of Wiki articles would be gone. As to "Raising the dead" this is the sort of off-hand flippancy that provokes people to cry "prejudice" -- how many Xtian buildings claim to raise the dead, much less are verifiable for that feat ? -- SockpuppetSamuelson

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.