Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yisrael Ephraim Fischel Sofer

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. The "keep" side does not make clear on which sources, if any, their argumants are based. Sandstein 19:10, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yisrael Ephraim Fischel Sofer

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Draftify This article does not adequately summarize who this is or why they are of encyclopedic relevance, it's not ready for mainspace. Ethanpet113 (talk) 05:40, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Being a chief rabbi is certainly a mark of notability. Room for expansion, of course, as for all wiki articles.--Geewhiz (talk) 06:16, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hungary-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete not every town chief rabbi is notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:08, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Soft delete I'm not seeing enough coverage for GNG, at least in English, although there could be more written in Hebrew or Yiddish. Delete with no prejudice to recreating if Hebrew/Yiddish/offline sources are found that would give sufficient coverage. Being the rabbi in a town with a few thousand Jewish inhabitants isn't a guarantee of notability imho. Catrìona (talk) 10:11, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Its a stub that needs to be expanded. He clearly received abundant coverage in reliable sources (all the while difficult to find English language sources) and the article explains what makes him notable. Strange nomination.brewcrewer (yada, yada) 02:29, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 02:51, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Brewcrewer: Could you perhaps list some of these "reliable sources" that give "abundant coverage"? Catrìona (talk) 13:30, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment being the Chief Rabbi of a town with a current population of 12000 (and presumably a lower population in the 1800s) certainly doesn't inherently convey notability. The only claim of notability in the article would be for writing a notable book, but I find nothing about a book "Afsei Eretz" by this person either. If the keep voters can't link to (or at least describe in more detail) the sources they claim are "clearly" present, this will be deleted. This is not Chaim Sofer (also known as Hayyim ben Mordecai Ephraim Fischel Sofer), a different Hungarian rabbi with a similar name and similar lifetime (that person died 1886, the AfD subject died 1898). power~enwiki (π, ν) 04:57, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.