Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Rosenblatt


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The result was   keep. Sedd&sigma;n talk|WikimediaUK 16:31, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Jonathan Rosenblatt

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I'm not convinced this rabbi meets WP:BIO. Article says he talks at clergy conferences and he is the leader of a Jewish Center that was in the news recently (WP:ONEEVENT). see also Talk:Jonathan Rosenblatt. ccwaters (talk) 15:11, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * KEEP. He is a leader within his profession, holds the pulpit of the Riverdale Jewish Center, one of  nations' leading modern orthodox Synagogues, is regularly  chosen by journalists as the rabbi to interview when they need a religious Jewish voice on sundry topics and, yes, I created the article after his synagogue was subject to a (thankfully) failed bombing attempt.   The attempted bombing did, of course, provoke, a provoked a lot of coverage.Historicist (talk) 16:49, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I also put up an article for the Imam of the mosque involved in the 2009 New York bomb plot, Salahuddin Mustafa Muhammad, but not for the Rabbi of the other synagogue that was attacked, the Riverdale Temple, because, unlike Rosenblatt, I had not heard of her, because her congregation is small and not a leading congregation in the Reform movement, and because a quick google revealed no particular notability. I am hardly arguing that all rabbis and ministers merit pages, but many of the ones who head large congregations that have leadership roles within  their denominations probably do.Historicist (talk) 16:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I would probably AFD the imam under the WP:ONEEVENT rationale, but that's for another day. ccwaters (talk) 17:34, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions.  — Malik Shabazz  17:11, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 20:29, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:ONEEVENT? The article currently cites fifteen sources, three of which are from May 2009. The person is notable for Wikipedia and the coverage is sufficient.--Vejvančický (talk) 15:31, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Current article does not assert notability. The fact that there are sources does not determine his relevance for an encyclopedia article. JFW | T@lk  07:02, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

--William Allen Simpson (talk) 16:11, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep -- presumably the article was written because of the recent event (and NYTimes coverage), but the citations go back over a decade. Meets "multiple independent sources" &mdash; to be honest, I'd be delighted to see even half the sources in many, many other articles. (So many BLP unsourced, so little time.)


 * Keep I think it is ironic that the supposed only event Rosenblatt is notable for isn't even in  the article.  Jon513 (talk) 07:18, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Article provides ample reiable and verifiable sources to establish notability. Alansohn (talk) 14:16, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
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