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Seeing nothing that indicates that this subject has any notability. Being a family court judge is not enough to have an article, also there's nothing here.
Marleeashton (
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07:11, 25 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Comment. I'm undecided here. Yes, he does meet
WP:JUDGE. However, that is clearly only designed to cover countries that have more than one level of judiciary (as most do). As Malta does not, that would mean that following the guideline blindly would mean that all Maltese judges are inherently notable whereas judges from other countries who have equivalent status are not, which seems a little strange. --
Necrothesp (
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13:51, 8 March 2023 (UTC)reply
They are a small country, but they have a correspondingly small judiciary of only 24 judges. In addition, there is a junior level of magistrates below them, from which Vella was promoted.
Philafrenzy (
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14:00, 8 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Magistrates are not part of the judiciary, which is why they're not called judges. My point is that, say, an English circuit judge is not considered to be notable per
WP:JUDGE because England has three tiers of judges above his tier, yet the cases he deals with are no different from those dealt with by the Maltese judges. Yes, Vella does clearly meet
WP:JUDGE, and I'm not disputing that, but in these circumstances I'm not sure that the guideline is a useful or sensible one. Of course the judges in a tiny island nation have national jurisdiction; it would make no sense for them not to have. Usually I'm all for
WP:JUDGE/
WP:POLITICIAN, but there are always some exceptions. --
Necrothesp (
talk)
15:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)reply
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Seeing nothing that indicates that this subject has any notability. Being a family court judge is not enough to have an article, also there's nothing here.
Marleeashton (
talk)
07:11, 25 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Comment. I'm undecided here. Yes, he does meet
WP:JUDGE. However, that is clearly only designed to cover countries that have more than one level of judiciary (as most do). As Malta does not, that would mean that following the guideline blindly would mean that all Maltese judges are inherently notable whereas judges from other countries who have equivalent status are not, which seems a little strange. --
Necrothesp (
talk)
13:51, 8 March 2023 (UTC)reply
They are a small country, but they have a correspondingly small judiciary of only 24 judges. In addition, there is a junior level of magistrates below them, from which Vella was promoted.
Philafrenzy (
talk)
14:00, 8 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Magistrates are not part of the judiciary, which is why they're not called judges. My point is that, say, an English circuit judge is not considered to be notable per
WP:JUDGE because England has three tiers of judges above his tier, yet the cases he deals with are no different from those dealt with by the Maltese judges. Yes, Vella does clearly meet
WP:JUDGE, and I'm not disputing that, but in these circumstances I'm not sure that the guideline is a useful or sensible one. Of course the judges in a tiny island nation have national jurisdiction; it would make no sense for them not to have. Usually I'm all for
WP:JUDGE/
WP:POLITICIAN, but there are always some exceptions. --
Necrothesp (
talk)
15:38, 9 March 2023 (UTC)reply
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