Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shlomo Riskin


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The result was KEEP (obviously notable, no point in waiting longer) Zerotalk 07:44, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Shlomo Riskin

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This is person is not notable. This reads like a resume/advertisement. He does not appear to meet basic notability guidelines for Wikipedia. There doesn't appear to be significant coverage in independent reliable secondary sources. He appears to have business relationship with the few biased sources actually cited. --Mmhmm613 (talk) 16:20, 3 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Per Notability (academics) Person is notable, as one of the most important Modern Orthodox Jewish rabbis. He was the Chief rabbi of Efrat, Founder of a network of high schools and colleges, chairman of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, and more. He is the subject of significant coverage in independent reliable secondary sources, such as "A circle in the square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reinvents the synagogue" by Edward Abramson, and other books cited in the the article. I agree the article can be improved to sound less like a resume. Marokwitz (talk) 16:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep -- having been chief rabbi of Efrat is sufficient for notability, and there is more besides. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 19:29, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Are you kidding? Shlomo Riskin is a well-known leader of Modern Orthodox Judaism, founder of a well-known New York Orthodox synagogue, chief rabbi of Efrat, and is often in the news as he leads settler protests in the West Bank – e.g. Rabbi Takes U.S.-Style Protest to Israel (NY Times); Candidly Speaking: The Incredible Shlomo Riskin (Jerusalem Post). The article needs to be improved, not deleted. Yoninah (talk) 21:25, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Gimme a break. 94.8.98.105 (talk) 23:37, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep / Investigate Nomainator The article provides a clear claim of notability and multiple reliable and verifiable sources are included. Hundreds more sources and some of the many books he has written would only pile on to the obvious case of notability. The bigger issue here is why we tolerate an WP:SPA the abuse of a well-defined process that requires a nominator to look for sources to support notability before staring an AfD. Here we have an editor who has no other edits to any other article doing an excellent job of nominating this one article for deletion. A speedy keep followed by a sockpuppet investigation / block would appear to be the appropriate course of action here. Alansohn (talk) 05:40, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep because this sourced and referenced article (see the "Find sources: "Shlomo Riskin" – news · books · scholar" for a plethora of RS etc etc etc), as it's about one of the most famous living Modern Orthodox Judaism rabbis known universally in the USA and Israel. This nomination is utterly bizarre, coming as it does from an unknown who just joined today, made a couple of contentious edits to the article, and then decides to nominate it for deletion. Fully agree with User above that the nominator be investigated for the reasons stated. IZAK (talk) 04:13, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep While there does appear to be some unsourced material in this fellow's article, just looking at his achievements seems to verify that he is a notable individual.  Fei noh a   Talk, My master 04:18, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
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