293:|WANGO is not a Unification Church organization. They are not founded by Rev. Moon, their board is independent and elected by the members, who are not affiliated with the Unification Church. There only connection is that they have received money from the UC, although most of their money does not come from the UC. If receiving money from a UC organization is evidence of inclusion under UC organization, then we have to put the Catholic Church as a UC organization.
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Unification Church, which are affiliated with that church." So far there have been no sources which say WANGO fits this profile. So that is why I suggested delete rather than merge this article. If a reliable
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It seems to me that before an article on WANGO is written on WP someone has to write one in a reliable source explaining exactly what WANGO is. I am a
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I think the WANGO people themselves would like to see this entry deleted, since it seems to have been started by a competitor, perhaps CONGO, as a way to minimize their impact. CONGO has been openly expressive that they see WANGO as
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