Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Ammons

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The result was delete. JForget 00:17, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Ammons

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Just another plaintiff lawyer with some victories to his name; we don't need another thousand articles on everybody on the Lawdragon lists!!!! Orange Mike | Talk 16:42, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment these seem to be the major ranking lists within the profession, and we normally do accept the profession;s standards. DGG ( talk ) 20:58, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- response - but does appearing on one website's list of a thousand practicioners really attest to meeting the standards of the profession? --Orange Mike | Talk 23:32, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Just another lawyer. -R. fiend (talk) 21:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Lawyer rankings are quite unreliable - essentially everyone just votes each other onto them for a communal PR boost - and being in the "top 500" is hardly a claim to notability. All that aside, I am not seeing significant coverage of the subject, as opposed to the cases in which he has been involved, in reliable sources. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. -- Mkativerata (talk) 21:35, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. -- Mkativerata (talk) 21:35, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
comment there are over 500,000 attorneys in the US [1]. It is perfectly reasonable that atthe very least the top one tenth of one percent of them would be notable--I'd say an presum,ption for the top 1% would be realistic. . WP is NOT PAPER, & we can include all who qualify for the standard lists of notable lawyers. DGG ( talk ) 04:12, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Something is wrong with the article here (or was until I fixed it). He does not appear on the Top 500 overall, merely on the top 500 plaintiff lawyer list. Plaintiff lawyers are a narrow category of specialists. There certainly aren't 500,000 plaintiff lawyers. This is why I'm uncomfortable with subjective opinions of notability: not only are they subjective, they can be based on incorrect or unreliable information or assumptions. --Mkativerata (talk) 05:16, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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