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The result was Keep. Non-admin closure. TN‑
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Man 14:46, 27 October 2008 (UTC)reply
Non-notable city councilor
Oscarthecat (
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Delete. Fairly well-established consensus that politicians at this level aren't notable.
Stifle (
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For reference,
WP:POLITICIAN suggests notability means "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage.". --
Oscarthecat (
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Keep. Well known politician in a major urban area. Other officials from the region have pages as well. Alright, how about 3 articles on him in the Boston Globe in 10 months in office. That is significant. Thats just the Globe, the Boston Herald archives its articles so I could not acess them.Last and most important point,"Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage.[7] Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion, as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city."
WP:POLITICIANThis meets Wiki's criterion based on the fact that he holds a citywide office in Boston.
Cnhl33 (
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Keep as shown it generally turns out that the city councilors in one of the really major cities have sufficient material for notability. I'm not sure how far down the scale we should, go, but Boston is above the cutoff. DGG (
talk) 23:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)reply
Keep: I'm rather surprised that nom selectively quoted the first sentence of that
WP:POLITICIAN criterion and somehow missed the second sentence. I'd also like the nom to cite this "fairly well-established consensus" that directly contradicts black-letter notability guideline. One would think that one of the top 50 metro areas by population in the world would qualify as being a "major metropolitan city."
RGTraynor 04:19, 23 October 2008 (UTC)reply
Comment I think the word "major" in the guideline refers to the political figure, not the metropolitan area. Obviously a local politician with a large metropolitan constituency would be more likely to achieve notability, but even (say) the mayor of a small town could become notable through ongoing national press coverage.
Kestenbaum (
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Reply: The full quote is: "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage. Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion, as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city."
RGTraynor 15:53, 24 October 2008 (UTC)reply
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