The result was keep per availability of reliable sources fulfilling the verifiability and notability requirements as well as withdrawal of the nomination by User:Slofstra in light of universal keep opinions as indicated below. Non-admin close. -- jonny- m t 03:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC) reply
The article Cooneyites consists entirely of either 'Original research' in violation of WP:NOR or based on self-published materials WP:SPS. As such the text is simply a repository for edits both pro and con with no WP:V. There is no chance that the editors of the article will be able to rectify this issue as no reputable materials (either scholarly work) or credible historical book on the group's history exists. The group has only 200 members! Note the Patricia Roberts book is not from a credible publisher. William Trimble is a printer in Northern Ireland, not a publisher. The other references are obvious SPS. The article is skinny on references. What references exist refer to SPS web sites. Slofstra ( talk) 00:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC) reply
I've not agreed that there are "verifiability" issues: I flatly deny it. The group definitely existed, was once prominent and is now minor but still around. No sensible objection has been raised to any specific thing it says.-- GwydionM ( talk) 17:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC) reply
I would like to challenge the group of writers - instead of posting Google lists - find ONE good
WP:V source on this group. Just one source, not a list. The reason I am asking this is because I'm constantly confronted by edits from
WP:SPS and many writers do not seem to understand
WP:V. Folks, how about we get some agreement on what sources do exist before we run off to possibly wasted effort in rewriting this article.
Slofstra (
talk) 23:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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Also regarding a possible merge to Christian Conventions. It turns out the term 'Cooneyites' appearing in sources before 1928 actually refers to the group described under Christian Conventions, pejoratively known as Two by Twos. (I am a member of this group, BTW). Then in 1928, I believe, Cooney split or was ejected from the group, probably both, and began his own group, taking the term Cooneyites with him. Slofstra ( talk) 22:18, 29 January 2008 (UTC) reply