Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James D. Squier

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The result was delete. Black Kite (t) (c) 02:31, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

James D. Squier[edit]

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I have not found any reason under Notability for this article. Simply being a judge does not confer notability. I did tag the article for references back in April and added my concerns about notability on the talk page at that time. As no new info has been shown other than the fact that he is a judge, I do not find this a notable subject for a biographical article. The article creator has been notified. tyvm Pudge MclameO (talk) 02:31, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Politicians says:

Politicians and judges who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office...

So a judge who holds a state or federal appointment (as distinct from one appointed by a county or municipality) would appear to pass WP:PEOPLE. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:56, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:56, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:56, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:56, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:56, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The subject does not hold a "statewide" office; rather, he has served as a trial judge in parts of the state of Texas. If he were a Texas Supreme Court justice, for example, then that would be a statewide position. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The header of the category where was found Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Politicians does not give automatic credence. See [Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Additinal criteria the head of the section in which Policitian is a sub section-
"...conversely, meeting one or more does not guarantee that a subject should be included.". This to me, considering the lack of of sources with time given to find them, and per Metropolitan90 above, does not meet the requirements. tyvm Pudge MclameO (talk) 05:19, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I added some references. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 06:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

re Hey thanks for the further links. I am however still looking for references that make him notable. Is there a particularly important or high profile case he has been part of. Is there a story somewhere about any precedents he may have set in the course of his work? I went through the spanish language references and I cannot find any there other than his being mentioned as part of a case. The subject of the case, a Mr. Alejandro Peñafiel, when I tried finding more info on him I was not seeing it. So he doesn't appear to be notable either. tyvm Pudge MclameO (talk) 23:57, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Appears to be a minor local judge and as such we can't infer notability from his office. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 11:09, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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