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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Iain99 (talk | contribs) at 22:10, 1 September 2007 (→[[Christianity by country]]: keep - transwiki apparently not an option). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Christianity by country

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Delete or move to Wikisource. Article is simply a list of statistics thus violating WP:NOT#STATS. Strothra 16:02, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. NOT#STATS doesn't apply; this is not a "long and sprawling list of statistics" but a neat and maintainable set of tables. RandomCritic 16:24, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep useful encyclopedic list. IP198 17:42, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment per WP:NOT#STATS, "Articles which are primarily comprised of statistical data may be better suited for inclusion in Wikisource as freely available reference material for the construction of related encyclopedic articles on that topic. MarkBul 19:20, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I think there's a misunderstanding about NOT#STATS. While statistics listed without comment are frowned upon, we LIKE statistics. They are considered an objective measure of otherwise subjective claims. I note that, on this article, it is not just well sourced, but also includes a warning to contributors about not throwing in unsourced changes. Mandsford 19:40, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are mistaken. The point is not to take on some crusade against statistics. Rather, it is a minor point of housekeeping - Statistics are used as primary sources and thus are better suited for Wikisource rather than Wikipedia since simply listing statistics is not encyclopedic. --Strothra 20:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Useful list, is encyclopedic, even though it does use statistics. Hello32020 20:13, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This article is highly relevant for people researching informations about Christianity. I agree with RandomCritics that it is not a long and sprawling list of statistics, so WP:NOT#STATS doesn't apply here. Remember WP:PAPER: there is no limit to the number of subjects Wikipedia can cover. Canjth 20:16, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep There's something wrong with this part of WP:NOT as my reading of Wikisource policy is that they expressly exclude statistical data. [1], [2] As such, simply copying the information to Wikisource seems not to be an option; the information is useful and encyclopedic, and should be kept. Iain99 22:10, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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