Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dovber of Mezeritch


 * 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 speedy keep. SlimVirgin (talk) 14:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Dovber of Mezeritch
No references, speculative, and reads like an ad. Not notable for Wikipedia.  Páll  (Die pienk olifant) 08:02, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per PZFUN. --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 08:35, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I am no specialist in Chassidic Judaism, but I have read Singer and have an old, mostly unread, copy of Buber's Tales of the Hasidim in my bookcase (for whatever little either of those things are worth). This is a hugely important and famous Chassidic rabbi. He has a long article in the Jewish Encyclopedia here. This article has also had a large number of editors over the three years it has existed on Wikipedia. If you find something dubious, please ask for references by using the tag first, wait a while, then nominate. (And a little research of your own before nominating never hurts either.) up+land 10:56, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Uppland. Arbusto 11:24, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Enormously notable in the chasidic world and history. Was the subject of a Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) upon which the Wikipedia article was heavily based. jnothman talk 11:56, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Clearly notable enough.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 12:57, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
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