Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe LeClair


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 02:08, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Joe LeClair

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WP:BLP of a Roman Catholic priest, minimally notable for having been convicted of a fairly minor crime and sentenced to one year in jail — but with his crime being exclusively tied to a single local church in a single city, there's no compelling reason why this needs to be immortalized for eternity in an encyclopedia with an international readership. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 01:07, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Appears to be a local pastor who did some bad things in his community, but on the grand scale of things he is not anybody noteworthy.  This fails the threshold required by WP:PERP. -  Marcusmax  ( speak ) 01:46, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - LeClair was repsonsible for a major religious turnaround in Ottawa, which is why his minor conviction had major press coverage. If he had only done one or the other, I would agree that he was not sufficiently notable. However, there are lots of local celebrities in Wikipedia. Beleg Tâl (talk) 11:34, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * According to the article as you've written it, he was responsible for an attendance and participation turnaround at one local church — which is not a reason why he would merit permanent coverage in an international encyclopedia. Had he somehow contributed to a "major religious turnaround" that swept all of Canada or the world, you might have a case that he warranted an article — but if all he does is get people coming back to one specific church in one specific city, that's not something that warrants the attention of an encyclopedia. Bearcat (talk) 18:38, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete This "major religious turnaround" is not really defined, but it is linked to one parish. Similarly, while Thomas S. Monson was bishop of the 6th-7th Ward in Salt Lake City sacrament meeting attendance quadrupled, but that alone would not merit him having an article. Hundreds of people get convicted of embezzlement charges, some portion of whom are sadly religious leaders. None of these facts rise above a minor local story, which is what we have. This is only running against Wikipedia's "not news" guidelines, but the "not local news" sub-guidelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:32, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.