Deletion of William Elfving

Comment: normally, local/county trial judges are ''not'' notable, unless they pass .  Well, he's a horse of a different color. In this instance, I think he does pass.  A quick search of articles ar Google news/scholar finds lots of potential sources, and shows he's decided lots of important intellectual property law cases. For that, he also passes
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: The coverage is about his ruling not himself.  See .  While judges become notable through issuing notable rulings not every judge who does so become notable.  The criterion has to be coverage in reliable sources and that is lacking here.  There are plenty of things that list his name in the context of his cases, but nothing that discusses him as a person or the ''body'' of his work as a judge that we need to create a biographical article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:NOTINHERITED)

Comment: OK, I have added information and references to the article to show that this judge is highly notable. His rulings have been reported in publications nationwide. I only scratched the surface with the links I added; he has more than 10 pages of links at http://www.google.com/#q=william+elfving&hl=en&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&prmd=imvnso&ei=6c--TqzwMcGusQLC_KmnBA&start=0&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=3c3ccdbd0a2c5572&biw=1044&bih=678 Google news archive. The article as it existed was a stub, but that is not a reason for deletion; Wikipedia explicitly allows stubs, see . Please note that the subject has been notable all along, independent of whether or not the article demonstrated it. I'm not sure why nominator JoJ rejects the instructions at  (Before nominating for deletion, "If there are verifiability, notability or other sourcing concerns, take reasonable steps to search for reliable sources.") but they do apply
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Stub (WP:STUB||WP:BEFORE)

Comment: mdash;Per .  Whether or not judges are inherently notable, this is a notable judge.  He sits in Santa Clara County (CA) and has decided many important cases in tech law, receiving extensive coverage for them.  See e.g. ConnectU#Facebook_lawsuits, which Elfving decided at the superior court level http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=136FFE76CCFF6C50&p_docnum=4&p_queryname=1 (story here).  I would usually list more sources here, but in this case, the searches linked to by the Find Sources template above need no tweaking whatsoever to establish notability.  Also there is http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_field_base-0=&p_text_base-0=%22William+Elfving%22&f_submit_search=Search&p_params_base-0=&p_bool_base-1=and&p_field_base-1=&p_text_base-1=&p_params_base-1=&p_bool_base-2=and&p_field_base-2=YMD_date&p_text_base-2=&p_params_base-2=&p_sort=YMD_date%3AD&p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=search&d_loc=world&d_fieldcount=3&f_lastaction=explore&f_dateparams=B%2CE&d_place=&d_selLoc=&d_selLoc=North+America this newsbank search, with 99 hits.  This coverage is mostly discussion of his decisions, but it's discussion of them, and not just mention.  Since California state superior court judges are elected, #2, ''Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage,'' also applies, and the coverage easily satisfies that, even if the lack of biographical information available makes it seem as if the GNG doesn't apply.&mdash
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: No apparent notability of subject. Article states that he is a judge. Judges on their own are not notable. The only link used a reference is a dead link and cannot be verified. Delete per 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: to closing admin: The above !vote is by the nominator, duplicating opinion in nomination contrary to . I struck it, but was reverted.&mdash
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFDFORMAT)