Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meade Emory
as rewriter. The nomination is flawed, as is the above. However the article may have started, the subject's main claim to notability is not the scientology matter which is fringe to his biography. It is not his academic status and legal accomplishments either (lawyers, tax advisors and professors are ten a penny, so are local festivals and their board). It is the recognition in reliable sources that he was considered a significant individual in the life of Seattle. Very few people comparatively get an obituary in a mainstream newspaper (''Seattle Times''), that is a good sign his life was noticed by the wider world. Being a lawyer, professor, and tax expert does not get an major paper obituary. Not many get a second obituary authored in http://crosscut.com/2010/10/12/seattle/20247/Meade-Emory,--Seattle-s-Atticus-Finch,--dies-at-79/ these kinds of terms by http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=otherevent_78&SPID=798&level1=speakers&level2=bio this kind of http://thehill.com/capital-living/bookshelf/20762-the-ultimate-political-insiders-memoir individual. The conclusion is that he was noticed for real by the wider world, and he gained significant attention in multiple reliable sources independent of him as a result of this - classic 
— user:FT2, 17:49, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)