Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas A. Demetrio
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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 keep but strongly encourage a rewrite to gain a more neutral point of view. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 01:56, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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This person is not especially notable. This is highly promotional, and created by a WP:SPA who also created Corboy & Demetrio, which is heavily tagged with issues like WP:PEACOCK and similar. It's fine that the guy may have been featured in USA Today once, but this is just an attorney, and not a particularly notable one. WP:ADVERT is all over this thing; I think WP:NOTFACEBOOK is quite applicable to these articles. — Timneu22 · talk 13:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Speedy delete fails WP:N and is written in a very self-promotional way. Likeminas (talk) 13:55, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I think it fails speedy because of a couple claims. :( — Timneu22 · talk 13:57, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete I don't know about speedy deleting it, but the subject certainly fails WP:N. Tyrol5 [Talk] 15:31, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment, also nominated:
- Keep –I believe Mr. Demetrio is a well known prominent attorney in the Illinois area, as well as seeing national attention, as shown here [[1]]by the news coverage. I have also added several references by independent – 3 rd party - creditable sources such as the American Bar Association Journal Lawyers Network Magazine and USA Today. I believe Mr. Demetro meets our guidelines for inclusion here at Wikipedia. Thanks ShoesssS Talk 15:42, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep -Thomas Demetrio is a notable and prominent attorney. He is a member of several highly selective legal organizations - one of them, the Inner Circle of Advocates, which is limited to the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in the U.S., has a Wiki page and Mr. Demetrio is listed on it. If the Inner Circle of Advocates is noteworthy then the lawyers listed are as well. He has been written about and recognized as a top lawyer in national publications such as the National Law Journal, American Bar Association Journal and USA Today and has served in leadership positions in legal organizations - as president of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexBTY (talk • contribs) 19:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Preceding editor has edited only the AfD pages in question.— Timneu22 · talk 19:05, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Satisfies WP:BIO as one of the leading attorneys in the US, and satisfies general notability via significant coverage im multiple reliable and independent sources. Edison (talk) 20:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:38, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:38, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. As a law student, I look at this guy's bio and say, "wow." Even if the main purpose of this article was promotional, it meets notability. Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 23:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- If the main purpose of this article is promotion, then it needs to go or be rewritten. WP:NPOV is one of the core principles. — Timneu22 · talk 01:57, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.