A fact from Eleri Rees appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 October 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Eleri Rees became a judge without ever practising as a barrister?
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With all due respect to Ms Rees, is a recorder notable? We have no separate article on Recorder of Cardiff for example. It is not a national position, like a High Court judge. What sources establish notability?
Hello anon! Partly she is notable because she has an entry in Who's Who (as per WP:ANYBIO). She is also a circuit judge (ie a full-time judge of the Crown Court) and is therefore notable as per WP:NPOL. Recorder in this instance is not referring to the modern day part-time judges but to a historic office that denotes the most senior judge in that jurisdiction (in this case, the Resident Judge of Cardiff Crown Court). I hope this helps, Gaia Octavia AgrippaTalk15:24, 27 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
