Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Flanagan (former Minister)
because the nominator has it wrong, see reasons below. The article is new, created on 6 January 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Flanagan_(former_Minister)&action=history and like many new submissions does need polishing. A {{tl|Cleanup}} tag would be more appropriate at this very early stage. Had the nominator looked further he would have seen that there is a disambiguation page for Michael Flanagan with each entry getting a "suffix" such as Mike Flanagan (American football) (he is not a "football" he is a US football player); Mike Flanagan (baseball) (he is not a "baseball" he is a baseball player); Mike Flanagan (footballer) (this one has it closer, he is an English soccer player); and Michael Patrick Flanagan who doesn't need a "(____)" suffix since he has "Patrick" as middle name. So now, one can clearly see how Michael Flanagan (former Minister) needs "(former Minister)" '''purely as a suffix''' in order to '''(a)''' distinguish him from the articles about the four other Michael Flanagans. '''(b)''' It must state what is unique about him, that he is by training a "minister", and '''(c)''' for the sake of accuracy and completion he is no longer a minister, hence the need for "former" because he left the Christian ministry and converted to Judaism. Very unusual and noteworthy indeed. Therefore, '''(d)''' it makes him all the more extraordinary and a clear case of qualifying for  as well as '''(e)''' qualifying for  and '''(f)''' there are definitely  to back this up. The article was only submitted a few days ago and instead of running to axe it, it is kindly requested that it be taken to  where the resident experts on these kind of Judaic topics could and should be given more time to improve and review it and give input. Note also, '''(g)''' User {{User|Shirahadasha}} had once noted http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Chaim_Dov_Keller&diff=154418964&oldid=154350305 in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chaim Dov Keller that: "...Religious sources and media of notable religious organizations are perfectly acceptable |reliable sources to establish notability of religious subjects and figures. Notability in the field, not notability in general media, is the standard, and that is met here. There is no problem I can see that can justify a delete vote..." and the same applies here. Finally, note '''(h)''' Wikipedia:Don't demolish the house while it's still being built: "An article too short to provide more than rudimentary information about a subject should be marked as a stub and edited, and expanded, rather than simply deleted." '''On the basis of points (a) - (h), The nominator is kindly requested to withdraw the nomination.''' Thank you
— User:IZAK, 09:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:BIO||WP:RS||WP:TALKJUDAISM||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Notability)