Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Menasche


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) - NQ (talk)  09:30, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

David Menasche

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Delete as non-notable. Quis separabit? 00:44, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. I was all set to come here, quote WP:NOTMEMORIAL, and say delete, but he appears to be the subject of quite a few in depth pieces of coverage, such as Today , HuffPo , and USA Today , and Steve Carell is about to play him in a film, which is a pretty big deal. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 01:26, 21 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep Pretty much ditto of the KEEP above from Dylanfromthenorth.  I am aware of this man, his travels and his book and I live in Seattle with no school aged children and know many who are aware of this story as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OneHappyHusky (talk • contribs) 01:12, November 21, 2014‎ (UTC-5)


 * Keep I know some people will say, if I don;t know who  is, it's non-notable crap and delete quickly, but sometimes in the tragedy comes the article.  I would like to see more information about him.  His story was big enough to make national headlines and be the subject of a biopic, he certainly is notable enough for a couple kilobytes in cyberland.  107.77.90.112 (talk) 08:04, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Similar to Dylanfromthenorth I was expecting a WP:NOTMEMORIAL (or perhaps even WP:RECENT) matter, but comments here and evaluation of sources in the article have swayed me. I won't pretend to understand all the details to his life and every detail of the biography but I cannot refute to depth and breadth of citations from very high-quality sources. ♪ Tstorm(talk) 08:59, 21 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep He's well known, and a very important educator. Give the article time to grow. Consider changing the DELETION POLICY instead. Anyone who once kicked a ball gets a free pass in society (and on wiki), while those who actually make a difference are ignored. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Motthoop (talk • contribs) Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 16:13, 21 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep: Plenty of notability and sources. StewdioMACK (talk) 14:53, 21 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep: I know I must be biased, as I was one of Mr. Menasche's students (and he definitely did make a huge impact on my high school experience), but his book The Priority List: A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons has not only sold huge numbers of copies but the reviews are nothing but positive. Also, as the book is being turned into a movie (starring Steve Carrell), I think David Menasche should have a reference page since it's going to be based on him. Another little side note is that Steve Carrell gave David Menasche a cameo in a movie he had been working on while David was still with us called Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day-- which I think is probably pretty apt, because if anyone's had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, it's got to have been David Menasche.. though you'd never know it by talking to him. — MilaTequila (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 22:48, 21 November 2014 (UTC).
 * Keep: As StewdioMACK said, there's already plenty of notability and sources in the article.  -Fim atic   (talk &#124; contribs) 23:51, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
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