Deletion of B. H. Carroll Theological Institute (2 nomination)

Comment: The standards for  state that '''The company or corporation has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the company or corporation itself.''', all of which was met with the "church" sources and is more than met with the coverage added based on the items retrieved from the Google News archive. The  standards were created knowing full well that any new and growing company will make efforts -- including hiring PR people, whose sole purpose is to obtain such coverage -- to get articles published in the media, the more the better. That these articles cover the subject in a neutral manner, describe teh school in the context of its "competitors" and within the current Baptist theological framework, meets the "multiple non-trivial published works" standard. That the school was covered by papers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area could be chalked up to local religious coverage that spits back the contents of a press release (I'm surprised this charge hasn't been made yet), but newspaper articles in serious papers based in Kansas City (519 miles from Arlington) and Atlanta (a whopping 800 miles away) bespeak a newsworthiness that meets the  standard, using sources that are inarguably valid per  and , which ergo, by definition fulfil the  standard. Whether it's Iowa hot dog stands or basement diploma mills, those nonexistent hypothetical cases are irrelevant to the question posed in this AfD
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:CORP||WP:CORP||WP:CORP||WP:V||WP:RS||WP:N)

Comment: Anyone who thinks this meets  should take a look at Skyerhawx's above comments
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V)

Comment: Unfortunately, there is no criteria whatsoever that requires a school to be "accreditated" to have an article, nor that articles have to be "recent" to be valid. As you acknowledge that  is satisfied, and that the sources meet , which part of  is not met by this article
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:RS||WP:CORP)

Comment: Relisted?!?! There wasn't enough discussion already?!?!?! We seem to be driving this off of , a standard that the article meets and that makes the issue of accreditation moot. If I recall from previous review of the relevant articles, THECB recognition can take two or more years, and B. H. Carroll Theological Institute can't pursue regional accreditation until it has the required state certification
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:CORP)

Comment: The coverage in |independent reliable sources allows us to write an article adhering to the policies  and .  Contrary to the commentary above, one of these sources is from this year, not from earlier years.  Getting accreditation is a multi-year process for a new school.  See http://www.bhcti.org/index.cfm?action=page&contentid=118 the section on accredidation here for where they are in the process.  I assume the editor who claimed they could lauch lots of "equally valid" online schools in an afternoon is a college/university president, as this was founded by one fired as part of a theological (not academic) dispute.  See http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=1426
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:INDY||WP:NPOV||WP:V)

Comment: The Baptist publications are independent reliable sources.  They are not by close affiliates of the institute.  For those who don't follow Christian denominations, baptists are about as unorganized as something can be and still be worth having an organizational label for.  Independent for discussing notability and for  purposes means just independent of the particular organization/person/etc... under discussion.  Religious POV newspapers are just as legitimate as "alternative" newspapers with a politically left POV (which we use as independent reliable sources on politically left topics).  The Baptist Standard is a print newspaper/magazine that has been publishing since 1888, see http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=2807.  The Associated Baptist Press is a news bureau based in Florida with offices in Washington D.C. and Texas, see http://www.abpnews.com/aboutus.page
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:INDY)

Comment: To address the issues raised regarding , the publications listed in the article are independent and verifiable in full compliance with . The fact that they cover church-related news makes them no different from any other "industry" publication that neutrally covers a particular subject. Additionally, it was only a lack of effort that fails to turn up other sources. http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Carroll+Theological+Institute%22&btnG=Search+Archives&scoring=t Google News Archive provided several additional references in such "partisan" publications as the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', ''Dallas Morning News'', ''San Antonio Express-News'', ''Kansas City Star'' and the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', all of which should pass the  test of even the most rabid deletionists
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:V||WP:V)

Comment: Has  issues since the only sources are two partisan articles
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V)