Talk:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Dakota

This article was nominated for deletion on July 10, 2022. The result of the discussion was procedural close.

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Listing of local congregations

{For reference, this comment is also listed on the talk pages about the church's activities in Montana and North Dakota.} Since there really isn't much to this page, including contributions from editors over time, not sure how much visibility this topic will receive. However, I wanted to raise a question about recent good faith edits, since this is how consideration of issues are dealt with, rather than direct messages between editors. Viewing the history, it will be noted that I have removed the good faith edits to add every ward and branch which currently exist in South Dakota. As the edit summaries indicate, I do not think these are warranted based on WP not being a directory. Additionally, it's also not easy to verify the information through secondary sources, to maintain the list over time, or have the listing of each be at all notable (in the WP sense). I would recommend they be deleted, but certainly would be open to WP community consensus. Those wishing to edit the article would typically express the reasoning or justification for why the listing is warranted. (I don't necessarily disagree with part of the notion that the stakes aren't that notable, although they don't tend to change as much, particularly in some geographical areas, perhaps like South Dakota.) Finally, any editors who potentially have a conflict of interest, either through being paid or as assigned volunteers, should be sure to disclose such. ChristensenMJ (talk) 21:25, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]