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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 22:38, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Third day in the Bible (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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This was written by Kzarley (talk · contribs) who states in an edit summary that he is the professional golfer Kermit Zarley and, surprise, the author of a book discussed in the article called "The Third Day Bible Code". It's got some promotional language in it about him, etc, but the basic problem is that "Third Day in the Bible" doesn't appear to be a notable topic and the article is basically Zarley's ideas. A Google search turns up a lot of mentions of Third Day which would be expected, but it didn't turn up general discussions of the "third day in the Bible". The existence of Third Day churches and Third Day Christians is irrelevant to this specific subject. There may well be the potential for an article on Third Day Christianity, but this article isn't about that. To sum it up, "third day in the Bible" isn't a notable subject and this is just an article promoting Zarley and his book. If he had written it today it would probably have been eligible for a speedy delete. Dougweller (talk) 21:54, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete for sure. The topic and the underlying tenet of the hypothesis is a pass-time invention by Kermit and misses WP:NOTE by the width of a golf course. Mainstream scholars do not support this analogy that runs from the OT to the NT across the board at all. Not at all. History2007 (talk) 21:59, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: WP:SELFCITE = WP:OR, in this case. הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 00:57, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:53, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:53, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per NOTFORUM, OR and SYNTH. In addition to the fact that the page is misnamed, as it seems to be talking about Third day motifs in the Bible rather than Third day in the Bible, the presentation is a mishmash of original research and self-published theories, which does not belong on Wikipedia. Yoninah (talk) 17:29, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete this violation of WP:NOR and WP:NOTBLOG. IZAK (talk) 01:42, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete -- Looks like OR to me. Peterkingiron (talk) 20:21, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete WP:NOR, WP:NOTBLOG, WP:SELFCITE (and from there WP:NOTPROMO), WP:NOTE. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:35, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as WP:OR. I have merged 2 lines into Chronology of Jesus#Day of death, as I considered them worthwhile and non-contentious.[1] The prophetic link between Jonah and Christ's burial is already covered appropriately in other articles. As for the specific thesis of the book, a few lines could be added to Kermit Zarley; but the page should be deleted rather than redirected. – Fayenatic London 00:04, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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