Talk:Phil Parshall

This page was proposed for deletion by Vinegarymass911 (talk · contribs) on 5 May 2018 with the comment:
The sources do not show notability guidelines being met
It was contested by Fayenatic london (talk · contribs) on 9 May 2018 with the comment:
noted for his contributions on contextual theology and insider movements

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Notability[edit]

I think the best notability metric for this person are the search results for '"Phil Parshall" muslim' in Google books (put "Muslim" in to weed out any other Phil Parshalls): 9330 hits. A fairly substantial number. --BoogaLouie (talk) 14:52, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

His academic footprint is missing (no reviews in JSTOR for example) which I would blame on lack of interest of secular academia in Evangelical missionaries and vice versa, rather than lack of notability. --BoogaLouie (talk) 15:06, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The criteria for a notable person should be attested to by secondary sources. If the person is not notable as a "secular academic," can he be shown as notable based on secondary Evangelical sources? At the moment, only one source in the article shows this possibility. But a WP:BLP requires more than one secondary source in order to be verifiable. --Caorongjin (talk) 20:47, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the debate on Parshall's notability lost momentum around 2018, but here's a note, just to lay it to rest. A full biography of this figure was published last year: Nehrbass, Kenneth. The Life and Impact of Phil Parshall: Connecting with Muslims. United States: William Carey Publishing, 2021. This article's subject is a notable figure by a number of measures, not the least of which is by "more than one secondary source."

I might remove the banner if I were logged in, though it's still somewhat helpful due to libel warning. To anyone coming along later who'd like to remove it, I second your vote and encourage your to do so. 69.49.71.3 (talk) 03:49, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]