Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chase Strangio


 * 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. (non-admin closure) So said The Great Wiki Lord. (talk) 17:22, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Chase Strangio

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Chase Strangio appears to be a fairly unremarkable attorney working at the ACLU. Strangio's career is not particularly noteworthy. Strangio is simply just one of hundreds of staff attorneys at the ACLU.

Without making any comment on Strangio's competencies as a lawyer, nothing about this article justifies inclusion on Wikipedia. As described by the article and some brief research online, Strangio's career involves a few appearances on television that do not merit a breakaway Wikipedia article. If Chase Strangio satisfies Wikipedia's notability standards, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability, then virtually any lawyer who has practiced for over ten years and has been interviewed about their professions is going to satisfy Wikipedia. That is a vast number of individuals; for example, many corporate lawyers routinely make headlines by virtue of their name appearing on the docket of a prominent matter. Most do not have entries on Wikipedia, and that is good policy. First, Wikipedia would be actively hurt by the appearance of every lawyer attempting to create a biography for themselves on Wikipedia. It would needlessly commercialize the platform by allowing individuals to attempt to coopt Wikipedia's reputation for noteworthiness for themselves. Indeed, countless doctors, researchers, businesspersons, government employees and other people working in and in front of the public eye do not have articles, and should not, because Wikipedia is not LinkedIn and should remain that way.

In short, this is not a platform to advance the parochial interests of legal practitioners. Strangio's article dilutes Wikipedia and should be removed in its entirety. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artemisprinciple (talk • contribs) 13:13, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Nomination was not properly opened until today, so relisting to give a full seven days
 * Keep. I created this article, and have no affiliation or connection with Strangio whatsoever. I created the article because of Strangio's notability as an openly transgender lawyer and trans rights activist, notability which I believe is established with citations from reliable sources. Funcrunch (talk) 19:28, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, * Pppery * survives 17:56, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2019 May 12.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 18:18, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Definitely keep. Chase Strangio is a prominent lawyer and activist who has been the primary subject of multiple news articles in major news platforms (NBC News, Vice Magazine, Mother Jones, etc), clearly establishing notability. Strangio also has multiple significant and notable achievements and honors described in the article. This article easily meets WP:GNG. Philepitta (talk) 21:46, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MarginalCost (talk) 04:22, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. MarginalCost (talk) 04:22, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. MarginalCost (talk) 04:22, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep per . Daask (talk) 10:21, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Chase Strangio has been acknowledged by a number of news sources, and he has received several honors for his work. He is also the subject of several news articles from reputable sources, including Huffpost, NBC News, and The Nation. WP:BASIC states, “People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.” Strangio satisfies all of these requirements, and has also played an important role in at least three things: Gavin Grimm’s court case, Chelsea Manning’s court case, and LGBTQ+ rights in general. In addition, a quick search on WMFlabs shows that, although overall pageviews are low, they spike whenever he gets a major mention in the news; this shows that people are using this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pagesdish (talk • contribs) 20:11, 15 May 2019 (UTC)


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