Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip Dobson


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The result was Deleted due to copyvio. Article can be recreated but should address concerns of notability and reliable sourcing. -- Banj e b oi   16:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Dr Philip Dobson

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Non-notable person. CSD A7 was declined because he is a Justice of the Peace, however being one of 30,000 UK local magistrates does not appear to meet WP:Notability, and rest of article is thinly veiled advertising. Eve Hall (talk) 13:00, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. The article doesn't show he is notable. Dekisugi (talk) 13:06, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Looks like a vanity article to me. Also agree about the advertising and notability problems. [Phlygh  t ]  13:31, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Being a Magistrate by itself does not equal notabality, I'm somewhat surprised the A7 was declined because I don't see a valid assertion of notability passing WP:BIO anywhere in this article. Shameless vanity page. Mister Senseless&trade; (Speak - Contributions) 15:02, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Since Justice of the Peace is an appointed position, I compared it with an appointed major or appointed chairperson (which are politically and academically notable respectively according to their guidelines). If the nominator can explain how he comes from Justice to one of 30,000+ Magistrates, I might well change my mind. - Mgm|(talk) 20:16, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom.  coccyx bloccyx  (toccyx)  19:29, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * For information of Mgm,'Justice of the Peace' and 'magistrate' are, to all practical purposes, synonymous - it is a judicial post in the criminal justice system in England and Wales. However, there are 30,000 of them (myself included) and being a JP/magistrate is not, in itself, notable. BUT, this detail is a minor addition to the subject's article which is mostly concerned with his medical career, the notability of which I am not in a position to comment upon,, but which should be the central issue of this debate. Emeraude (talk) 00:10, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, Justice of the Peace is synonymous with magistrate in the UK system, and I got the 30,000 figure from our own article here. I commented on his notability as a mag, because that was the reason given for declining the A7. But I certainly don't think there's evidence of notability on the grounds of the medical stuff. Eve Hall (talk) 09:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment I've cleaned up a bit then in researching found this to be a copyvio and tagged as such. This surgeon may be still be notable but his website is crap and notability will have to sussed out better so the rest of us can see it to. The Justice of the peace bit in the nom is a red herring, I don't think many will seriously consider that as the source of any notability, His establishing methods and institutions or his somewhat unique work may. -- Banj e  b oi   10:34, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


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