Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mendel Shapiro
The relevant guideline is , whose central notability criteria is publication in multiple |reliable sources. Rabbi Shapiro easily meets this criterion. As to scholarly coverage within his field, the Rabbinical Council of America, North America's largest Orthodox Rabbinical association, devoted a considerable part of an issue of its scholarly journal ''Tradition'' to comments on Rabbi Shapiro, see e.g. http://traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100780, which specifically identifies R. Shapiro's contribution as notable, and http://traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100781, who calls it "important". See also http://www.edah.org/backend/JournalArticle/1_2_henkin.pdf, by Yehudah Herzl Henkin, a major Posek, whose scholarly commentary also asserts that Shapiro's contribution is notable. In addition to scholarly coverage, there is also extensive media coverage by e.g. http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=6937&print=yes, http://www.cjnews.com/pastissues/02/nov21-02/international/int2.htm,http://www.jta.org/page_print_story.asp?intarticleid=12072&intcategoryid=5, http://www.jta.org/page_print_story.asp?intarticleid=12072&intcategoryid=5, http://www.kehilathadar.org/Aboutus/jewishweek08-02-02.html
— User:Shirahadasha, 09:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Notability)