Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh

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The result was delete. NW (Talk) 03:07, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh

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The article appears to fail WP:BLP1E in that the subject is notable for only one event that enjoyed a brief moment of media coverage - his legal case. The facts of his being a professor and the past head of a small organization (that does not, itself, warrant a Wikipedia article) do not contribute to his notability. Geoff NoNick (talk) 00:40, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Jake Wartenberg 03:01, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —John Z (talk) 09:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete on basis of WP:BLP1E. Comments from Canadians would be helpful. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:14, 2 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Keep (and cleanup). Career as professor is only moderately interesting, but constitutional claim is extremely interesting and notable. I suppose an article on the case itself might include only a section on Chainnigh (with a redirect), but figure in notable supreme court case reaches notability. LotLE×talk 01:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no indication of importance as an academic or otherwise. legal claim sounds a little absurd-- that's my opinion--and apparently that of the sources as well. DGG ( talk ) 03:43, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- the only real claim for notability is the legal case, and I see no indication that it has been consequential for having failed. Sometimes when a case like this fails, it has ramifications for other legal or social/political issues, but in this instance I think it ended up being no more than a curiosity -- as demonstrated by the fact that the only coverage was for the case itself, not for any subsequent fallout. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 16:12, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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