Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jowane Masowe Chishanu

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 11:25, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Unreferenced junk. It's been tagged with issues for years with no improvement. "Jowane Masowe Chishanu" gets 16 Google hits. Google asks if you mean "Johane Masowe Chishanu", which gets a grand total of 100 Google hits. Mentioned in a handful of places, but the only decent reference I can find for it is this article: [1]. It's *possible* it's deserving of an article, but this one is so bad it should be nuked from space. Bueller 007 (talk) 13:42, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. ^{cinco de} L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 17:01, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Zimbabwe-related deletion discussions. ^{cinco de} L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 17:01, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. We ought to have a biographical article about Johane Masowe (1914-1973), an eminently notable figure in the history of Christianity in southern Africa, see e.g. discussions about him in scholarly books [2][3][4] as well as more contentious content in religious works such as [5][6][7] However, the article under discussion here is not that bio, but rather is about a church that followed his legacy, and the sources I've found on line, including news reports like [8], present more challenges for any effort to create a substantive, policy-compliant article about any particular church or group of his followers without violating NPOV. Thus, based on what I was able to find online, this article may be an appropriate candidate for a severe stubbing and retitling, or for WP:TNT as the nominator implies. Other editors may have better access to sources, of course. --Arxiloxos (talk) 00:28, 17 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Unless more reference is found. Truthspeakerknows (talk) 20:32, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - lack of significant coverage. PhilKnight (talk) 21:22, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Arxiloxos; Johane Masowe is clearly notable but this church probably isn't. Having "six million followers" is unsourced and likely false, and the existing content is both un-sourced and non-encyclopedic in tone. power~enwiki (π, ν) 05:50, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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.