Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Egyir-Paintsir

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Joseph Egyir-Paintsir

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There don't seem to be many (if any) reliable sources that can confirm the notability of this person. All of the sources that the article gives are connected to the subject and appear to be self-published. RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 17:36, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:55, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:51, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as a major figure in the founding and running of a significant denomination with 20,000 congregations and 3 million adherents. Sourcing will exist and the article does give us offline sourcing that doesn't appear to be findable via Google:
  • Asare-Duah, Oppong. The Gallant Soldiers of The Church of Pentecost, (History of the Fathers of Old Whose Relentless Efforts Gave Birth to the Church). Accra, 2002

I also found the following book listed as the source in the bibliographies of the online biographies that do exist

• Leonard, Christine, A Giant in Ghana: 3000 Churches in Fifty Years-The Story of James McKeown and the Church of Pentecost. Chichester, 1989.

Both of these sources can't be found in Google Books, but appear reliable and independent of the subject himself considering that he died in 1981. One of them is even cited in the text. This position is certainly as notable as many of the Catholic bishops I work on, whom we assume to be notable because of the extensive records kept by local dioceses and church historians. This is obviously a newer denomination than the Catholic Church, but all the indicators are that there have been reliable sources written on their history and that he has been featured in them. That is more than enough to get him past

WP:N, because we do not require access to offline sourcing. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:40, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply

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@TonyBallioni: Nice job finding those sources :) RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 17:04, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep -- The General Secretary of a denomination is likely to be as significant as a bishop in others. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:59, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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