Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Booth (judge)


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The result was speedy keep. The nom hasn't even bothered with searching for sources as these have all been nominated within seconds of each other. No objections to speedy renomination by anyone except the nom. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 01:38, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

James Booth (judge)

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I don't believe Circuit judges in England and Wales are de facto notable individuals. There are over 600 of these and they rank below high court judges. All of my recent AFD nominations of English and Welsh Circuit judges have reached a consensus to delete, but of course each AFD should still be judged independently. This individual also stood for Parliament but came third on two occasions. Uhooep (talk) 01:32, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  /wiae   /tlk  02:47, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep: I created the article and did so because the subject has a dedicated entry in Who's Who (UK). This source was used in compiling the article with details in the Reference section. I have always worked on the basis that this publication is the UK standard on notability and that anyone who was/is notable enough to command an entry is notable enough to pass Wikipedia's notability guidelines. I don't know if this source has been used to define if an individual meets Wikipedia notability but in my view it should be. In addition to his career as a judge, at the age of just 22, he became Britain's youngest barrister, a fact thought worthy enough to be referred to by The Times. His additional political career only adds to his notability. I have not taken part in any AfD discussion on the subject of other circuit judges so can't comment other than to say that I would not have been part of any consensus to delete had any of the subjects demonstrated the additional degree of notability of Booth. Graemp (talk) 07:14, 12 March 2016 (UTC)


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