Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Adams (judge)
or '''Merge''' into the event (currently titled Beating of Hillary Adams, also subject to AfD). While the subject doesn't make the bar as a ''county'' rather than ''state'' judge, they are still an elected official and have an amount of presumed notability already — in any case they are a |public figure so the BLP claims carry a lot less weight. Being a judge and having the police chief http://www.freep.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111104024/Texas-judge-taped-beating-his-daughter-won-t-face-charges-police-say state that they "believe that there was a criminal offense involved" is, in itself, notable, particularly when you're a judge working on child abuse cases and the claim against you is child abuse. Then being quoted saying "It looks worse than it is" guarantees you additional notoriety, as evidenced by deep and diverse international news coverage extending far beyond the usual short news cycle. I think we'll be analysing and referring to this as a case study for the foreseeable future — indeed we http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2011/11/04/when-does-spanking-become-beating-does-the-viral-video-change-your-mind/ already http://www.huffingtonpost.com/missy-chase-lapine/child-abuse-youtube_b_1075869.html are
— User:SamJohnston, 11:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:WELLKNOWN (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)