Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Justin P. Wilson

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Consensus to delete per lack of notability. 1 != 2 03:20, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Justin P. Wilson

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I thought about speedying this, but decided to just AfD because I'm not sure whether or not he makes an assertion of notability. Pretty much...this guy isn't notable. He's a lawyer, he has the proper credentials to serve as an attorney on the court of appeals. And...he wrote the article himself. Never held any office...just an attorney. SmashvilleBONK! 22:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak Keep Well, he did have a park named after him... not sure if that's an official guage of notability, but in my mind, it accounts for something. As for the article author, I've got a long (and strained) history with him, and can honestly say that I'd be 100% surprised if it was the same person. EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
    • I just noticed that after I posted the AfD...I didn't know the Cumberland Trail was named after anyone...I'll see what happens here... --SmashvilleBONK! 23:01, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Accomplishment is not notability. The subject is no doubt accomplished, but falls short in that being nominated (but not confirmed) for a federal judgeship isn't the same thing as serving as one, and I don't think even being an appointed head of a state department is quite enough. Those are the two firmest claims to notability. --Dhartung | Talk 00:34, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. LonelyBeacon (talk) 01:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:44, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Must be the father of the article's creator. Or something. Delete. Dlae│here 20:48, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
  • delete fails WP:PROF as an adjunct prof, notability rests on his actions as unelected politician. I've read the four on-line references, two of which have him as subject, but I don't think that there is the required extensive coverage in reliable secondary sources. Pete.Hurd (talk) 02:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • weak keep as community leader: Trustee of the Watkins Institute, as a member of The Hermitage National Advisory Board, as a Regent of the Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University, -- I think this is enough to show notability. DGG (talk) 04:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

*weak keep - notability is borderline at best but I am so happy to see a well-referenced article after so many other articles with no references at all, so I give the article extra credit. Sbowers3 (talk) 00:09, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


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