Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miguel Estrada

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Miguel Estrada
Lawyer. Article reads like a resume for jobhunting purposes. He has been assistant of a number of well-known offices, but hasn't himself reached a very notable position. Radiant! 11:47, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, doesn't appear famous or particularly influential. Kappa 13:21, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC) Keep after expansion Kappa 04:27, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't establish notability. Cnwb 22:23, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 00:22, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, with qualms. Estrada is notable because he was nominated as a candidate for the D.C. Circuit of the Court of Appeals. (Associated Press reports via CNN:, ).  Some believed he was being groomed as a potential Supreme Court nominee.  Democrats filibustered his nomination vote&mdash;it's the first time in history a filibuster has been used to kill an appeals court nomination.  The story was in and out of the news for about two years.  The qualm(s):   The article is essentially a cut and paste job from the cited 'source' at the bottom of the page ; that should be fixed.  I don't know what the copyright status of this DOJ website is.  I would guess public domain but we still should have something better than a resume.  Failing to mention the nomination hearings is a woeful omission&mdash;it's probably the only reason he is notable. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 01:37, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Absolutely keep. Famous. Will update article. Meelar (talk) 02:40, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Please note: expanded. Meelar (talk) 03:01, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This person is listed as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court. If this is deleted we may as well delete over half of all biographical articles. 129.177.61.124 08:04, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * You will need a user name and edit history for your votes to be fully counted. Kappa 18:17, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * How about this? Sjakkalle 13:05, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. His nomination as a Federal Court judge was one of the big US political issues of 2003. Likely to be nominated by the Bush administration when a Supreme Court vacancy takes place. Well done Meelar for expanding the article. Capitalistroadster 10:42, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Indeed the situation about him is still generating press ScottM 05:32, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep It's unlikely that we've heard the last of this guy. He's a "polarizing" person - you either love him or hate him, largely ( I suspect ) depending on your politics - so it's useful to the global community for us to provide a NPOV source of information. WMMartin 16:09, 4 March 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. -- Infrogmation 17:10, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, hope those who didn't recognize the name are not from U.S. -- Jmabel | Talk 07:19, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

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