Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus leach


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The result was   delete. Jayjg (talk) 20:24, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Marcus leach

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Fails WP:PEOPLE.  Btilm 04:02, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

He is a Foreign Expert from the United States of America to the People's Republic of China. And, he has a book written about him: http://www.amazon.com/Cross-X-Staggering-Obstacles-Challenge-Community/dp/0374131945

He also has more than 50 other publications and several apperances on NPR and CNN - all written about him: http://www.pitch.com/2006-06-01/news/the-miseducation-of-marcus-leach/full - http://www.pitch.com/2002-05-30/news/highly-debatable - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6533676 - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6412062 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.116.223 (talk) 04:07, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:36, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  22:23, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:57, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
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 * The guy's 24 years old and a partner at Leach & Associates and has been a "Foreign Expert" in China!!! Is someone winding me up here? Though it seems he may appear in a book, I can see no evidence that this warrants giving him personally sufficient notability. Delete Emeraude (talk) 19:05, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Your analysis of this article is solely about the facts in the article. Have you evaluated the sources that were provided by ? Cunard (talk) 01:51, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

The cites were provided - I vote to allow. Foreign Expert's to the People's Republic of China are notable. I, also, don't think anyone is trying to "wind you up" Emeraude. The combination of a biography (book cited above) written about him from one of the top publishing companies in the world (also cited above)and the diplomatic status make this an easy call. Also, NPR has interviewed him numerous times, I guess they consider him an expert on the subject matters (cited above as well). I know, I'm jealous I wasn't there at 24, but he is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.238.184.171 (talk) 18:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Marcus Leach passes WP:BIO. There is this article from The Pitch (newspaper). I also found this article from the Boston Globe which verifies that the book Cross-X: The Amazing True Story of How the Most Unlikely Team From the Most Unlikely of Places Overcame Staggering Obstacles at Home and at School to Challenge the Debate Community on Race, Power, and Education provides significant coverage about his life. Cunard (talk) 01:51, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
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