Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avi Finegold

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The result was keep. Tone 10:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Avi Finegold[edit]

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Notability issues, primarily. Also minimal non-promotional content—article reads as as résumé, with half the references being the subject's LinkedIn page, and information on the subject's favourite foods to boot. It is worth noting that the article's creator was blocked indefinitely for using Wikipedia for spam or advertising purposes (see User talk:Lizzie656). Kyuko (talk) 17:08, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Kyuko (talk) 17:08, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. Kyuko (talk) 17:08, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Kyuko (talk) 17:08, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 17:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 17:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak-ish keep per [1], [2] (in French), [3] (best source). Being the rabbi of the oldest Jewish congregation in Canada, as the last article (in the Montreal Gazette) claims, seems like a very good indicator of notability. He's also cited as an authority on religious issues in the Canadian press, e.g., [4], [5]. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 17:26, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep Thank you AleatoryPonderings I was leaning delete. We likely have enough for WP:GNG A few of the sources are non-trivial - just not in major publications that I am familiar with. As far as I know we do not have any notability passes for Rabbis. This Rabbi is the Executive Director of the Montreal Board of Rabbis may give him a bit more than other Rabbis. Wm335td (talk) 20:38, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Wm335td: Yeah, I think you're right about the lack of SNGs for rabbis/other non-Christian religious leaders. Criterion 4 of WP:RELPEOPLE (essay, but I've seen it cited at AfD before)—[w]ere recognized by their peers as an authoritative source on religious matters/writing—might be relevant here with respect to his being executive director of the MTL Board of Rabbis, but it's probably safest just to go with WP:BASIC/GNG here. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 20:51, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, significant position in major community.--Astral Leap (talk) 09:49, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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