Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ciccu

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The result of the debate was KEEP following rewrite. Golbez 04:48, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

CICCU

Note: This debate was originally about the page Ciccu. This seemed generally agreed to be an incorrect capitalisation, so it was moved during the VFD and is now about the page CICCU. TSP 21:59, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable student group. See also the article's Talk page, which is a rant which needs to be deleted. Rick K 21:33, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Keep. CICCU was, I think, the world's first "Christian Union" when it split from the Student Christian Movement in 1877, kicking off the Christian Union Movement worldwide; and was instrumental in the formation of the British Intervarsity Fellowship (IVF), now ~~UCCF~~ (changed to Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UK)Paul foord 15:52, 15 May 2005 (UTC), which now contains 350 Christian Unions. CICCU is Cambridge's oldest continuously-running student group, and a very good article could be written about it. Of course, this isn't yet it, but that's not the point. TSP 23:54, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not notable, Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Megan1967 03:52, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as WP:VAIN unless evidence provided that it was in fact the first Christian Union as late as 1877 (surely there were university unions earlier...) R adiant _* 09:43, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
I believe it was the first one called a Christian Union, and started that distinctive movement, which has now mostly eclipsed the earlier student movements it replaced. The main CU movements in Canada and the US both acknowledge their descent from CICCU.

Incidentally, in case anyone's confused, I'm not a CICCU member and didn't create this page - I just stumbled across it on VFD and was surprised, because CICCU is a very well-known organisation in UK evangelical circles. TSP 10:27, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, loathe as I am to prop up religions, it is rather well-known. James F. (talk) 11:33, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Should it be at CICCU? RickK 16:42, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes. James F. (talk) 17:08, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    - Yes, it should - is it OK to move and let the VFD continue at the new location? TSP 21:22, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      - If you move it, make sure the link to the VfD page is corrected. Rick K 21:41, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
        Moved... I've now realised this is one of the things you're told not to do during VFDs, but it's done now. It can be moved back if it causes serious headaches. TSP 21:59, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious keep after the rewrite, but I am not surprised the original stub was nominated for deletion. Uppland 19:44, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. CICCU is an unusually noteworthy CU. — Matt Crypto 22:46, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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