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*'''Strong Keep''' Meets WP:N, has significant position, has been in the news for '''years'''. . I can't be sure these are all the same guy, but the first 10 or so news hits (before the current firing issues) are about a Gerald Walpin who is an East Coast Lawyer. Most recent coverage puts him way over the bar. ] (]) 01:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC) *'''Strong Keep''' Meets WP:N, has significant position, has been in the news for '''years'''. . I can't be sure these are all the same guy, but the first 10 or so news hits (before the current firing issues) are about a Gerald Walpin who is an East Coast Lawyer. Most recent coverage puts him way over the bar. ] (]) 01:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
*'''Strong Keep''', obviously notable. References are sufficient. --] (]) 01:03, 26 June 2009 (UTC) *'''Strong Keep''', obviously notable. References are sufficient. --] (]) 01:03, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' Loads of coverage including on Google Books where Walpin's work as Mia Farrow's attorney, assistant U.S. attorney, issues involving the Philipines and Cuba, as prosecutor etc. etc. etc. This is part of a crusade by POV pushers against Grundle2600, his articles, and any editor that dares contribute content that doesn't tow the line on political issues. ] (]) 02:48, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
*'''Withdraw nomination''' based upon sources provided by ChildofMidnight. The depth of coverage about this person clearly exists which put to rest my doubts about the ability of this article to be made compliant with ]. Still, ] concerns are legitimate, and care should be taken to ensure that these sources are used to expand the article in question to provide a ] portrayal of the subject, and not merely to act as a ] for the recent news stories surrounding him. Still, I no longer have concerns over the notability of the subject. --].].] 03:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC) *'''Withdraw nomination''' based upon sources provided by ChildofMidnight. The depth of coverage about this person clearly exists which put to rest my doubts about the ability of this article to be made compliant with ]. Still, ] concerns are legitimate, and care should be taken to ensure that these sources are used to expand the article in question to provide a ] portrayal of the subject, and not merely to act as a ] for the recent news stories surrounding him. Still, I no longer have concerns over the notability of the subject. --].].] 03:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
*:Well, that is rather unfortunate, as by the terms of ], CoM should have not even been participating in this AfD or presenting any such material on the subject. Per ArbCom decision, he is banned from all Obama-related areas, including talk pages. ] (]) 03:12, 26 June 2009 (UTC) *:Well, that is rather unfortunate, as by the terms of ], CoM should have not even been participating in this AfD or presenting any such material on the subject. Per ArbCom decision, he is banned from all Obama-related areas, including talk pages. ] (]) 03:12, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

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Gerald Walpin

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See also Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Gerald Walpin firing which resulted in deletion, but which the closing admin specifically excluded this article from his assessment. This article is about a marginally notable attorney who was fired by Obama. The issue here is that there is so little source material on this person that it is almost ENTIRELY related to his firing, per WP:BLP1E and especially WP:COATRACK the article seems to exist solely as a place to put politically-themed commentary related to that firing, as there is little else here besides that. Since there does not appear to be enough source material to actually write a neutral and WP:BLP-compliant article about this person, it should probably be deleted. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 15:24, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

  • KEEP - If this is viewed as too political I suggest it be made into a likeness or match of the Attorney's fired by Bush Wiki thus making it as impartial as that Wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.42.215.7 (talk)
  • Keep. The main coatracker, IMHO, was recently topic-banned from US political articles here for several months. With that easement this article should be more stable. The subject is certainly notable enough and numerous sources exist. The only issue was coatracking of a recent issue violating WP:Soap. I've hacked away at it again and think it's fine now. Many, most?, BLPs are lopsided in exactly this way because until someone dies we often don't have a comprehansive biography on them thus recent events are well documented whereas early life bits, earlier scandals and nortable events have to be unearthed to balance out the more recent events. -- Banjeboi 22:37, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Keep - Walpin had an appointment requiring Senate confirmation; was the subject of a controversial firing; and was Chief of Prosecutions in one of the most important jurisdictions in the country. Taken as a whole, there's sufficient notability to justify an article here. Notability should not be determined by deconstructing a biography into a list of characteristics and requiring that there be one particular characteristic that, standing alone, conveys notability. We should look at the big picture. Yes, we should be on guard against this becoming a coatrack. Nonetheless, the guy is encyclopedic. There are readers looking to know who he was and what his role was, beyond the latest item in the news. That's exactly the sort of reference that Misplaced Pages provides as its mission. TJRC (talk) 22:43, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
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