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The result was speedy/ WP:SNOW keep. Copyvio issue resolved, no question as to notability. postdlf ( talk) 16:16, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
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- @ Heatherwhea and GSS: Queried speedy delete as copyvio of http://matthewforgeorgia.com/ . Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 16:28, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
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- I created the page for Matthew, using content he wanted included on wiki. Should I recreate the page and rewrite the content or can you undelete it and I can rewrite it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heatherwhea ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 5 January 2019 (UTC) #
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- Keep members of houses of representatives and assembly members are notable by default. The situation with copying the website seems to be rectified now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dekalbzombie ( talk • contribs) 19:53, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- At 07:38, 5 January 2019 User:GSS speedy-delete-tagged this page as copyright violation of http://matthewforgeorgia.com/ . This article may be what I call "selfcopyvio", i.e. the web page and the Wikipedia article were by the same author. But there is also the matter of notability (see WP:NN). Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 16:28, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Keep members of houses of representatives are default notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 17:16, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Keep but stubify. He's notable per WP:POLITICIAN as he has held a subnational/statewide position. However, both citations are to the same source and much of the article contains unreferenced information, in contravention of WP:BLP. SITH (talk) 17:52, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Keep as "members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature" are presumed notable under WP:NPOL. The first source does not seem to mention the subject, and no secondary sources in the article confirm his electoral victory, but a quick search confirms that he won. The COI issue with the article needs to be addressed, as "the content he wanted included" is absolutely not acceptable under WP:NOTPROMO. Agree with StraussInTheHouse that stubifying is the right approach for now. Bakazaka ( talk) 17:58, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Bakazaka, I'm all for keeping the content as long as it's verified pretty quickly, it's just that BLP requires any information which is likely to be challenged, and let's face it, he's a politician so everything is likely to be challenged, be removed or sourced. Definitely agree with you on the COI issue, I don't know if this meets UPE but a close connection tag should be placed on the article until we're sure it's neutral. SITH (talk) 18:01, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:NPOL as holder of a state legislative seat. PohranicniStraze ( talk) 18:24, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:47, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:48, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Keep have stubified and removed the copyright content. I reviewed this page and should have addressed the copyvio issue then (my bad). The article seems acceptable under WP:NPOL. FitIndia Talk 19:30, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:BIO. Definitely passes the notability criteria. The person is a well-known as a politician.-- PATH SLOPU ( Talk) 06:31, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
- SPEEDY KEEP. Member of legislature. E.M.Gregory ( talk) 12:02, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
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