Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Faith-based
my only concern is that with https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faith-based&diff=597915917&oldid=596160392 this edit you removed more than 1/2 of the content. I'm not saying that was a bad editing decision or that it didn't need to happen but it means contributors to this discussion are making a decision about an article that isn't really what you're suggesting any more. |Wikipedia isn't a dictionary, sure, but the title would almost make for a legitimate disambiguation page for the two articles you listed and the third which should probably be created. The Bush administration created an "Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI)". That and issues relating to the definition of "faith-based" are well-summarised in the essay http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/categories-of-faith-based-organizations ''Categories of Faith-Based Organizations: History and Policy Context'' published by the Berkley Center. The Center for Faith and Service of the National Crime Prevention Council provides further definitions (of "faith-based organization" in particular) in their https://www.nationalserviceresources.gov/filemanager/download/196/F_Definitions.pdf FACES Toolkit and other documents. A number of other sources provide comprehensive background for the differentiation between "faith-based" and "faith-related" (the latter being a term coined by Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael R. Sosin in 2001). It's very definition is the subject of several books specifically about faith-based initiatives and the legislative and legal framework that exists to support them despite "separation of Church and State". My point is that there is plenty of material out there and the use of poor sources and bad writing isn't a good reason to delete an article. Much of this strikes me as a  kind of problem
— [[User: Stalwart111|'''Stalwart''']][[User talk:Stalwart111|'''111''']], 06:51, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NAD||WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM (Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary)