Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick J. Callahan


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The result was   delete. I have considered the option of merging this with the Hamdania incident, but I have decided against it because the articles like that are generally about the incident, and little or no interest is attached to the defense attorney's performance in the subsequent trial. If anyone disagrees, and have sources that Mr. Callahan's performance is particularly notable and should therefore be mentioned there, they are by all means free to edit the article and do so, but more than a mere mention is usually required before a redirecting a person's name is justified. Sjakkalle (Check!)  15:34, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Patrick J. Callahan

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Military lawyer who has apparently represented defendants in some newsworthy cases. It doesn't appear that any of the news coverage cited in the article is about Mr. Callahan as opposed to his clients and their cases. Also, the odd photo that's just been added makes me think that this is a vanity or shoutout article. NawlinWiki (talk) 22:02, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete: Easily lacks notability as a lawyer and as a Marine, failing WP:MILPEOPLE and WP:GNG. The cases he's tried are marginal at best, and the one that actually has notability already has an article on that: Hamdania incident (meaning WP:BLP1E comes into play).  bahamut0013  words deeds 19:44, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - per Bahamut. Subject appears to lack "signficant independant coverage" in reliable sources and is therefore not notable under WP:GNG. Anotherclown (talk) 08:47, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: per Bahamut and Anotherclown, in my opinion the subject is not notable enough for a biographical article due to lack of significant coverage. AustralianRupert (talk) 11:57, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge & Redirect - since WP:BLP1E comes into play, any useful information from this article relating to Hamdania incident should be merged there, and the page should be redirected there. Otherwise, given the fact that the MCRD San Diego DI case has received coverage enough in reliable sources to pass WP:GNG (which is where most of the references of the article point to) an article can be made out of that, and his bio article can redirect there. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:32, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge & Redirect per RightCowLeftCoast VikÞor  |  Talk 01:49, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
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