Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesus Freak Hideout
JFH is a major web site for doumenting subculture relating to Christian Music. Though it began as a non-notable Angelfire based web site it has evolved into an exteremely important organization in this field. ''All Music Guide'' started as an un-notable gopher based site; this argument ins't about origin but place in it's own world - that is what denotes actual notability. If it were a magazine (Similar to ''HM Magazine'' or ''Cross Rhythms'' its notability would probably go unquestioned. Simple searching currenly produces 174 results http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Linksearch&limit=250&offset=0&target=www.jesusfreakhideout.com linking ''out'' of Wikipedia to the site and a total of about 162 mentions within (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22Jesus+Freak+Hideout%22+site%3Awikipedia.org&btnG=Search Google). As far as the reliability of the site, it's no Angelfire. It has been used as a primary source by writing the ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music'', a volume which emcompasses all of CCM, from the Jesus Movement until its publishing, and all musical styles. (full citaton: {{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |pages=14}}). Material from the site is scoured by http://www.cmwired.com/ CM Wired, which is a Google News - like news aggregator for Christian Music. JFH and other sites (perhaps http://www.tollbooth.org/ The Phantom Toolbooth, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Linksearch&target=www.tollbooth.org&limit=250&offset=0 145 links out) are largely representative of the online presence of Christian Music. This is not a "cruft" article; it does not fail  and probably (through Powell) meets point 3 of . Further, it provides information that is not readily available - for instance that it was once controlled by a record label, an indication of possible bias
— User:DantheCowMan, 06:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:V||WP:WEB (Wikipedia:Verifiability)