Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Rosenthal


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The result was   delete - Nabla (talk) 23:58, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Jonathan Rosenthal

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Article gives no sign of notability and reads like a vanity bio or advertisement. CWC 19:11, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete Based on references currently given in the article, marginally fails WP:BIO. Has been the subject of a mainstream media article, but only for refusing on TV to defend a child molester. Weak is because the article also calls him a prominent criminal attorney ... The other reference is to coaching a mock trial team, and is not really worthy of notice. So I'd lump him under WP:ONEEVENT, and call it a day. Ray Yang (talk) 00:23, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I tend to agree with Ray Yang. No source is given to support the claim that Rosenthal is a prominent attorney outside the city of Toronto. The news article cited calls him one of the "more successful" attorneys in Toronto, but that's it. In fact, the same article almost confirms his lack of notability: "... his profile in the media is relatively low, with few news clippings in the archives and no profile pieces hyping his credentials." He's a professor at a school of only 800 students and serves as "the legal spokesperson" for an anti-child abuse organization. But according to the organization's contact page, he is one of a handful of "Media Spokespersons" and one of two allotted for the Toronto area, one of five areas listed. Thus, he's apparently not well known or significant for his work there. WP:ONEEVENT fits well. Okiefromokla questions? 01:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)


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