Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian T. Fitzpatrick


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The result was keep.  bibliomaniac 1  5  05:08, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Brian T. Fitzpatrick

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Absolutely no evidence of notability, and no secondary sources on this page for many years Cardiffbear88 (talk) 21:37, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 21:37, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:50, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Absolutely no evidence of WP:BEFORE. StrayBolt (talk) 02:06, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ...which means you’ll have found multiple secondary substantial sources? Care to share them with us? I did complete WP:BEFORE and found no evidence of notability. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 10:51, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Our article is very similar to Fitzpatrick's law school profile. It appears that one is copied from the other, but I can't tell which way the copying went. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:56, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Any possible copyright violation has been removed by edits during this discussion, so that is no longer an issue, if it ever was. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete not yet notable as either an academic or a lawyer. Being a clerk to a US Supreme Court justice often leads to a notable career but is not in and of itself a sign of notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:31, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. He has a couple publications on class action with over 100 citations each (unusually high for law), and a new book on class action (too new to have attracted the full set of reviews but with a lot of heat about it on National Review). I think he's already borderline-passing for WP:PROF and on an upward trajectory. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:06, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per my long-standing standards for notable lawyers. Well-known expert on class action lawsuits, law clerk for SCOTUS, etc. Bearian (talk) 16:53, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:26, 4 April 2020 (UTC)


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