Deletion of Tzvi Berkowitz

Comment: Because: '''(1)''' This article is about the highest-level and Maggid shiur|senior lecturer in Talmud, (second in rank only to its rosh yeshiva) at the world famous Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, MD., USA, an elite degree-granting institution, in addition to training and ordaining other rabbis, and one of the oldest and among only a handful of its kind in the USA. '''(2)''' In the world of Orthodox Judaism, particularly Haredi Judaism, this is one of the most prestigious and notably rare lecturing positions that very few attain or hold. That in itself makes the subject notable and qualify for , even were he not to have other sources online or in print about his life. '''(3)''' This is similar to being the head of a secular or academic prestigious think tank or university, the appointment itself creates notability. '''(4)''' The article was created almost two years ago http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tzvi_Berkowitz&limit=500&action=history and was not questioned. Recently it was questioned and prodded and I took the time to improve it and find a number of about ten good citations for it that for an article of this sort would normally be more than sufficient for  and  purposes (now belittled and demeaned by the nominator) that raise it way above the level of a mere stub and making into the start of a fairly good . '''(5)''' The original discussions took place at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Notable? One user who had questioned and one prodded it, then ''evidently'' accepted the improvements and then added their tweaks in subsequent approval http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tzvi_Berkowitz&diff=360146365&oldid=360012132; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tzvi_Berkowitz&diff=360003806&oldid=359997144; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tzvi_Berkowitz&diff=360241815&oldid=360241576; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tzvi_Berkowitz&diff=360242307&oldid=360242003; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tzvi_Berkowitz&diff=360242386&oldid=360242307. But for some unknown reason the nominator of this AfD got involved and was determined to attack it, citing technicalities about "insufficient sources" that he asserted only proved that the subject merely "existed" but revealing that he had no insight into the context and subject matter of this article that he now wishes to see deleted. A lengthy discussion between us has ensued at Talk:Tzvi Berkowitz that is worth reading given that he has now seen fit to nominate this article for deletion in the midst of that discussion. '''(6)''' The nominator should recuse himself and cancel this nomination as he is an involved party to the dispute as to the notability of this subject given his comments on the above talk page. '''(7)''' I have improved the article and found at least ten reliable places online where the subject's notability and importance is stated, some in Jewish newspapers and online websites, beyond any shadow of a doubt for those familiar with the Haredi yeshiva world in the United States. Thank you
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:RS||WP:CITE||WP:BIO)

Comment: I trust IZAK that this is an important person within his community. But the standard for inclusion in Wikipedia is not importance, but notability: can his significance be |verifiably documented through reliably published third-party sources? The sourcing in this article is very poor, and I was unable to find much better in a Google news archive search. So I am left only with the word of our subject-expert editors that he is important, and while I believe them I don't think that should be sufficient grounds for inclusion
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V)

Comment: to Yeshivas Ner Yisroel or '''Delete'''. Article contains no claim of notability that is backed up by secondary sources (and hardly any claim of notability at all). For example, http://www.torah.org/learning/mlife/ch5l2.html# one "reference" has "''(I heard this from my teacher R. Moshe Eisemann, of the Ner Israel Yeshiva, Baltimore, I believe in the name of R. Tzvi Berkowitz, also of Ner Israel.)''"  This parenthetical note is not a secondary source which analyzes the subject, but instead is the very definition of a "trivial mention". The article is strung together with |original research to compensate for the lack of sources. All the keep arguments rely on the most insidious kinds of special pleading, all the while ''admitting'' that the sources aren't sufficient. One user says that "''Anyone who is the son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky...''" must be notable, even though |Notability is NOT inherited. No sources are presented to bolster the claim that all rabbis at his institutional level are notable. Finally, I note that the article lacks the most important thing; any description of what scholarly contribution(s) the rabbi has made. Not one word of his wisdom is related. Without this sort of infomation there is nothing encyclopedic to say, and therefore no reason to have an article
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR||WP:INHERITED)

Comment: per nom.  The applicable guideline here I believe is  and R' Berkowitz does not pass.  If someone can suggest under what set of criterion he passes  I am all ears
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:N)