Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diana Song Quiroga

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 00:03, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Diana Song Quiroga[edit]

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Non-notable United States magistrate judge. Per WP:USCJN#Magistrate judges and bankruptcy judges, "Magistrate judges... are not inherently notable, but holding such a position is evidence of notability that can be established by other strong indicia of notability."

There's no other strong indicia of notability here; she's previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, but as far as I know, US attorneys are not notable by virtue of that position, either, and certainly not assistant U.S. attorneys.

The article was PRODded by Snickers2686 with the comment Delete per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaret J. Schneider/WP:USCJN; it was declined by MIAJudges with the comment Removing deletion request. This page has 21 references and only 6 are referring to her being a magistrate judge. She is not your "run of the mill" magistrate judge & is notable besides that one area of her career. She has recieved multiple awards as a history making person in the state of Texas.

I agree with Snickers2686's comment, and by extension the comments put forth in support of deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaret J. Schneider, which isn't really distinguishable from this one. MIAJudges's response doesn't really address the lack of notability: yes, there are references that don't refer to Quiroga's magistrateship, but none of those references include anything that suggests notability; and the awards are not sufficiently distinctive. TJRC (talk) 17:37, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Politicians. TJRC (talk) 17:37, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

She is not your "run of the mill" magistrate judge & is notable besides that one area of her career. She has received multiple awards as a history making person in the state of Texas, as she is the first Taiwanese federal judge in Texas.

MIAJudges (talk) 17:43, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:NRV: "No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists" You say there are twenty-one sources in the article, but frankly, several of them are repetitious like the high school interview (which is used three different times) and her court bio which is cited five times; condensing those down would reduce the numbers of citations significantly. Furthermore, you say that because of the awards she's won that it establishes nobility - please cite the policy where this is true, as it is, there are no citations in the article to verify the awards she's won. There's nothing in the article (the present version) that elaborates on how her appointment is significant via her background, so why make the claim here if it's not in the article, much less cited? Snickers2686 (talk) 18:05, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Law, Taiwan, Argentina, and Texas. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:25, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Snickers2686

I did not say that SOLEY because of the awards she's won she is notable. It one one of MANY reasons I listed. You left out her being the first Taiwanese federal judge in the state of Texas, which I also mentioned. I did not add the section regarding the awards she won so I am not sure why the person that added it did not include a reference. I went back & looked through the history of her page a a large amount of information was deleted. The users that deleted it did not give an explanation as to why, so I added back more information.

MIAJudges (talk) 19:21, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the lack of significant coverage in independent reliable sources. Diana Song Quiroga does not pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. I searched for sources about her and could find only passing mentions in news articles about cases she presided over. The Wikipedia article contains this article from a high school newspaper:
- Pan, Pamela (2016-02-29). "Alumni Watch: Judge Quiroga aces as Magistrate" (PDF). TCHS Rampage. Vol. 61, no. 9. Temple City High School. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
Although the article provides significant coverage about her, it is not sufficiently reliable as it is from a high school newspaper.
Cunard (talk) 08:09, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:40, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:49, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. The person who loves reading (talk) 15:55, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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