Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meir Rabi

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The result was delete. Killiondude (talk) 06:47, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Meir Rabi[edit]

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A low profile rabbi from Melbourne. No coverage of him or his supposed "controversies" in the media, and majority of inline references are to self-published blogs. Fails GNG and NBIO. Kb.au (talk) 00:13, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions. Kb.au (talk) 00:18, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Kb.au (talk) 00:18, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, He is a significant member of the rabbinate in Australia, because he is significantly shaking up the hierarchy. I have updated some of the writing and found some other sources. The lack of sources is because there is a whisper campaign behind his back, but the official organisations do not comment publically, and therefore does not always get into the Jewish press in Australia. (Smellytap (talk) 12:57, 19 January 2018 (UTC))[reply]
Delete, I have no way to know if the lack of sources is because of a "whisper campaign" as described in the comment above, but a lack of sources means that we are hardly in a position to write a neutral and fair biography of the man. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 13:26, 20 January 2018 (UTC).[reply]
- I have fixed many of the issue with the sourcing. It is sourced thoroughly from the main Jewish news sources in Australia, the Australian Jewish News and J-wire. I believe the updates to the article demonstrate a person of significance within the Jewish community, and an innovator in the Orthodox communities around the world. It also contains articles from mainstream newspapers, and international Jewish news sources. (Smellytap (talk) 16:20, 20 January 2018 (UTC))[reply]
Weak delete The whole article seems to be written in defense of Rabi and comes across very POV and PEACOCK. The sources in his defense are pretty much non-RS, starting with wordpress.com and Failed Messiah.com to blogs to websites like Galus Australis and The Sensible Jew. The RS sites (Australian Jewish News, Times of Israel) are all being quoted for criticizing and attacking Rabi. I'm not sure if eliminating all the defense and leaving all the prosecution will make an acceptable biographical article according to Wikipedia standards—so I'm saying "weak" delete—but the article in its present form has got to go. Yoninah (talk) 17:04, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Have taken out the blogs that express opinions, and there was not much that had to be removed. The blogs that are left in as sources are linking to primary documents. (Smellytap (talk) 07:02, 21 January 2018 (UTC))[reply]

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