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The result was delete. Randykitty ( talk) 12:13, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
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Fails WP:NPOL and the sources used do not go beyond the routine coverage that local politicians receive and therefore does not pass WP:GNG. GPL93 ( talk) 14:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. 94rain Talk 14:56, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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- Delete Non notable and fails NPOL. Per nominator GPL93 Lubbad85 ( ☎) 18:04, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
- Keep passes WP:POLOUTCOMES, The Woodlands, Texas has a population exceeding 100,000 residents, this is regional prominence. Also passes WP:NPOL and WP:GNG he has received coverage from national news sources such as Fox News, he has also been a candidate for Texas State Senate, and is founder and CEO of a The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) and President of Professional Insurance Agents of Texas. TWFG Insurance is ranked #1 in Texas and Louisiana and 8th largest privately-owned independent insurance provider in the United States. Iamreallygoodatcheckers ( talk) 02:23, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- Keep passes WP:GNG and The Woodlands, Texas should be looked at as something close to a city... It defies explanation for an international audience to be honest. Horse Eye Jack ( talk) 17:05, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- After further searching it seems that the subject passes WP:GNG on their extremely successful business career alone, therefore whether or not they satisfy WP:NPOL is irrelevant. Horse Eye Jack ( talk) 17:13, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete fails WP:NPOL. The Woodlands, Texas is currently an unincorporated special purpose district in Texas and the chair of the township is elected by the other members of the board. While the Fox News article provides some nationalized coverage of the subject, the level of nationalized coverage is not what we typically desire for a local board member. -- Enos733 ( talk) 17:23, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete. Notability for local political figures is not a question of the municipality's population — it depends on the quality of the sourcing, and a population of 100K is not an instant notability freebie for a mayor or municipal councillor or board chair in the absence of adequate sourcing. People also do not get Wikipedia articles for running as candidates for higher NPOL-passing offices — for "Texas State Senate" to have any bearing whatsoever on his notability, he would have to have won that election and thereby sat in the State Senate as a Senator, not just run and lose. But the references here are not building a strong case for his notability: they are nearly all primary sources and small community hyperlocals in which coverage of the local political scene is merely expected to exist, and the only one that's a genuinely national source just briefly mentions his existence in the context of being fundamentally about something other than him. This is not how you make people at this level of political office notable enough for Wikipedia articles: the notability test is not "as soon as his name has been mentioned in a national media source once" — he has to be the subject of substantive coverage, not just get namechecked in coverage of other things, before a source assists in building his notability at all. Bearcat ( talk) 18:42, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:56, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:56, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete Per Bearcat. Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG due to a lack of sustained WP:SIGCOV. Just a local politician. Newshunter12 ( talk) 01:38, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Randykitty ( talk) 12:13, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
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Fails WP:NPOL and the sources used do not go beyond the routine coverage that local politicians receive and therefore does not pass WP:GNG. GPL93 ( talk) 14:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. 94rain Talk 14:56, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
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- Delete Non notable and fails NPOL. Per nominator GPL93 Lubbad85 ( ☎) 18:04, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
- Keep passes WP:POLOUTCOMES, The Woodlands, Texas has a population exceeding 100,000 residents, this is regional prominence. Also passes WP:NPOL and WP:GNG he has received coverage from national news sources such as Fox News, he has also been a candidate for Texas State Senate, and is founder and CEO of a The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) and President of Professional Insurance Agents of Texas. TWFG Insurance is ranked #1 in Texas and Louisiana and 8th largest privately-owned independent insurance provider in the United States. Iamreallygoodatcheckers ( talk) 02:23, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- Keep passes WP:GNG and The Woodlands, Texas should be looked at as something close to a city... It defies explanation for an international audience to be honest. Horse Eye Jack ( talk) 17:05, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- After further searching it seems that the subject passes WP:GNG on their extremely successful business career alone, therefore whether or not they satisfy WP:NPOL is irrelevant. Horse Eye Jack ( talk) 17:13, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete fails WP:NPOL. The Woodlands, Texas is currently an unincorporated special purpose district in Texas and the chair of the township is elected by the other members of the board. While the Fox News article provides some nationalized coverage of the subject, the level of nationalized coverage is not what we typically desire for a local board member. -- Enos733 ( talk) 17:23, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete. Notability for local political figures is not a question of the municipality's population — it depends on the quality of the sourcing, and a population of 100K is not an instant notability freebie for a mayor or municipal councillor or board chair in the absence of adequate sourcing. People also do not get Wikipedia articles for running as candidates for higher NPOL-passing offices — for "Texas State Senate" to have any bearing whatsoever on his notability, he would have to have won that election and thereby sat in the State Senate as a Senator, not just run and lose. But the references here are not building a strong case for his notability: they are nearly all primary sources and small community hyperlocals in which coverage of the local political scene is merely expected to exist, and the only one that's a genuinely national source just briefly mentions his existence in the context of being fundamentally about something other than him. This is not how you make people at this level of political office notable enough for Wikipedia articles: the notability test is not "as soon as his name has been mentioned in a national media source once" — he has to be the subject of substantive coverage, not just get namechecked in coverage of other things, before a source assists in building his notability at all. Bearcat ( talk) 18:42, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:56, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 19:56, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete Per Bearcat. Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG due to a lack of sustained WP:SIGCOV. Just a local politician. Newshunter12 ( talk) 01:38, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
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