Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Eizenga

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Clear consensus to keep, nominated by a single purpose account, and the "strong delete" !vote is discarded as it was made by the nominator who already cast a !vote in their nomination statement. (non-admin closure) B music ian 02:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Eizenga

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not sure how this person is noteworthy? must we list every single lawyer in wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Renegasps (talk • contribs) 3 February 2012 — Renegasps (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Keep - Hi Renegasps, welcome. No, we should not list every single lawyer in Wikipedia. However, this particular individual is also a former president of the Ontario Liberal Party and held several senior positions in a major national political party. Sources are available detailing his career, and he meets the notability guidelines. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:41, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and in regards to this diff - I didn't create the article, I just added a couple of refs because I noticed it was tagged as unsourced. You can find the whole article history using the "history" link above, if you're interested. And the welcome message isn't "intimidation"... Nikkimaria (talk) 05:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete googled for notability,could only find work done on a class action from back 20 years ago, nothing since. Too much like an advertisment for the liberal party. Is this guy notable for being a lawyer or head of a Canadian Riding party? understand if he was a Prime Minister or even an MP but does not seem to be the case. This appears to be advertising for drumming up business for his law firm.~~

Also notice that article creator is a UWO graduate like the subject, is this a vanity article? perhaps a conflict of interest? Eizenga appears to have taught at UWO Renegasps (talk contribs) 02:18, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The creator is an IP who geolocates to the US, and the article was created five years ago. FYI. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:47, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as a three-year president of a major political party in Canada. He's had coverage in that role - see [[1]] an archived copy of a Toronto Star 2006 report., for example. If kept, the material relating to his legal career seems less notable and could be reduced. Colon el Tom 03:44, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a notable politician. It is, btw, very difficult showing notability of lawyers, other than the few famous trial lawyers. About the only things that can work or head of a state bar or similarly important professional association or national award, or notability as something related, such as as a politician or author. DGG ( talk ) 01:56, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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