Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Dratch

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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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. ➨ ЯEDVERS 11:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mark Dratch

WP:BIO, author is SPA with an axe to grind. - CrazyRussian talk/email 17:07, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Withdrawn - crz crztalk 06:10, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete at this point, being VP of an organization, I don't see it as being encyclopedic. If someone can show how he is otherwise notable, I'd change my opinion. -- Chabuk 18:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep - 658 Google hits combined with the info in the article seems to indicate notability. --Eliyak T·C 18:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. POV of author ought to be irrelevant since any POV bias can be improved by further editing. Subject is clearly at least marginally notable enough to satisfy WP:BIO, and sufficiently so that WP:V isn't a problem. The Rabbinical Council of America is certainly a notable Rabbinic body, and the issue of clergy sex abuse has had notable implications for religious law and the intersection between religion and society, see for example the discussion in Role of women in Judaism#Women as witnesses regarding the impact of clergy sex abuse scandals involving the Rabbinical Council of America on the status of women in Orthodox Jewish law. (Disclosure: I wrote that section of Role of women in Judaism.) --Shirahadasha 18:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • KEEP I think the person who is requesting this page be removed has issues with anyone who is addressing sexual abuse in Jewish communities. He also requested the term Clergy Abuse be removed. All we need to do is look at any newspaper in the US to see that we have a problem with some of our religious leaders being pedophiles. If you think this page is weak then add to it. Don't delete. Ner Israel
  • Keep - I've been doing some research and it appears that this person has some notability with in the Jewish faith. It also looks like he's trying to make a difference. Mary Anne Wilson
  • Weak keep per above, and please refrain from incivil comments in AfD noms. --badlydrawnjeff talk 12:06, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I see adequate evidence of notability to WP:BIO standards. A decent reliable source profile to use as a source is included in this [list of honored Rabbis from the Orthodox Union. An independent published reliable source primarily about him is at [1]. He picked up some international press trivial mentions when Senator Lieberman was nominated for VP. He also is, or at least has been, a teacher at Yeshiva University, but I see no evidence that he further meets WP:PROF. GRBerry 03:54, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per above, but be sure to add reliable sources. Yamaguchi先生 07:03, 1 November 2006
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.