Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Manydeeds

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 delete. MBisanz ^talk 02:09, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

John Manydeeds[edit]

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Non-notable local judge, even if a figure of pride for local Native Americans. Orange Mike | Talk 20:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional Delete. The sources given don't seem to support the claim to notability given(the only Native American circuit judge in Wisconsin). If sources were given which suggest that is somehow notable in Wisconsin, I might support. I would add that the page seems to have been created by someone from the Circuit Court in Eau Claire County, given the username. 331dot (talk) 20:25, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- comment - circuit court judges are just not that notable in Wisconsin; it's a pretty low rank. As to the username: it's ECCuser, implying that the article creator merely uses the circuit court (presumably in their profession); I would not sweat the potential COI, and have declined to block the username. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:46, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - Indeed. I don't expect there to be any sources given the low rank. 331dot (talk) 21:19, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - Pardon me for bringing it up here, but isn't the username still against policy as potentially shared? Presumably many people use the county court. 331dot (talk) 21:20, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    - The username is singular, not plural. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:41, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yes. My point is that the name could apply to any individual who uses that court. 331dot (talk) 22:15, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a judge of the lowest level. I don't see why Wikipedia should have an article on every judge in the world. Strictly local coverage by sources. Royal broil 03:10, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Begrudging Delete As for the user name, the ECC probably means "Eau Claire County." I am from Wisconsin and formerly from the area in question and the courthouse holds a large portion of the county government so it could easily be part of the sheriff's department, health department or anything else for that matter. I can attest that there would be little to no news coverage beyond the county the judge sits in. There are about 250 WI circuit court justices -- about 50 in Milwaukee County alone. As much as I would personally would not mind an article on him (more important currently than many Wisconsin Assembly member articles who died 100 years ago) I would agree that it would open a can of worms. Dolotta (talk) 17:05, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:11, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.