Deletion of Ohev Shalom Talmud Torah Congregation of Olney (2nd nomination)

Comment: Wikipedia is |not paper. The article under discussion fits well within Wikipedia's scope. It is an institution not unlike an arts institution or an institution of secular education. Wikipedia has articles on relatively small institutions. An example might be Timbo High School. Wikipedia has articles on many such relatively small United States high schools
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTPAPER)

Comment: because '''1''' the article has been re-written and updated with  & , '''2''' in addition the ongoing leader and rabbi of this synagogue is  as many of the footnotes and citations in the sources located at the bottom of the article prove this, he has been cited in scholarly publications for his rabbinical work e.g. see this http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/downloadFile.cfm?FileID=4700 Oxford University Press publication (PDF), see p. 7 which is part of a co-joined kollel and Jewish outreach center of the synagogue. '''3''' The synagogue was involved in a serious legal dispute http://caselaw.findlaw.com/dc-court-of-appeals/1206859.html with the former synagogue it was part of as reported in ''The Washington Post'' http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052801290.html http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-393302.html. '''4''' In addition, please note the key word "Congregation" also known in Hebrew as a Kehilla because this article (and similar ones) are about congregations, not just the buildings in which they worship. '''5''' Also, on WP there are general consensuses relating to deletion that aren't formally codified in the deletion guidelines; for example, there is apparently some long-standing consensus that every single high school on the planet is notable. '''6''' It is also unfortunate and insensitive that this AfD pops up when there is still the ongoing issue regarding Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#RfC: Should there be mass AfDs of articles about Orthodox synagogues?|RfC:...mass AfDs of articles about Orthodox synagogues. '''7''' Therefore the nominator is respectfully requested to withdraw his nomination as the article now meets all WP requirements of POV with more than sufficient verifiable and reliable sources. Thank you
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:RS||WP:N||WP:NPOV)

Comment: Schools have been granted a blanket notability for high schools only.  This has been policy for a long time.  No such policy exists for local houses of worship.  If you want to argue the merits of a policy, start an RfC or take it to the village pump.  I would appreciate it if you would keep your arguments here based in policy, not what you wish the policy would be.  A house of worship, just like an art museum, still has to pass  and this one doesn't. What portion of Wikipedia's scope do local houses of worship fall under
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ORG)

Comment: Coverage that would show the Rabbi to be notable still would not make the congregation notable, but i haven't seen anything that makes him notable either.  Despite the claims made above, most of the sourcing is not of the  type (most are content from websites and non-reviewed academic papers).  Of the potentially reliable sources, all but two are affiliated with the denomination and hence are not , so they cannot speak to notability.  There are two newspapers (3 articles total).  Two of the articles speak about a court case and not much on the temple itself.  The third one is a local paper giving the expected coverage of the opening of a new house of worship.  No secondary reliable sourcing from outside Metro DC, so even with the rather weighty addition, still fails .   The article is also written in a manner that would be hard to understand without at least a working knowledge of Judaism.  That isn't the proper tone for an article here to take, but that is no reason to delete it.  Lack of notability certainly is
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:INDY||WP:ORG)