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This person, notable primarily as the chair of a state-level political party is not an automatic
WP:NPOL pass, and the article isn't referenced well enough to get them over
WP:GNG. This is not what it takes to make a political operative notable enough for an encyclopedia article. --
Bedivere (
talk)
22:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep I've added some sources and can add more. She's clearly notable by our standards, though the article was not in great shape when it was nominated. I'm unclear on whether or not the nominator engaged in any
WP:BEFORE. –
Muboshgu (
talk)
22:59, 16 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep Members of prominent city councils, such as Seattle, are usually kept. Still, the question is are there enough sources to write about her accomplishments in office. This
piece in the Stranger in 1999 after she announced she was not running for reelection does talk about her accomplishments and positioning on the council (but is not yet reflected in the article). There are also national
articles that describe some of the policies she pushed as as state party chair. In addition, the subject has been mentioned multiple times in the NY Times, in a story about
Microsoft employees, and the
subject's efforts to place books about gay families in the school libraries. --
Enos733 (
talk)
20:27, 17 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep: As usual, state party chairs are not inherently notable ex officio but may be notable if they have received significant coverage. I also do not think that
Seattle is a large enough city for city councilmembers to be considered notable ex officio. All that said, with the sources covered above and that were added to the article after nomination, there does appear to be sufficient
significant coverage to demonstrate notability in this case.
Curbon7 (
talk)
19:15, 18 February 2023 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
This person, notable primarily as the chair of a state-level political party is not an automatic
WP:NPOL pass, and the article isn't referenced well enough to get them over
WP:GNG. This is not what it takes to make a political operative notable enough for an encyclopedia article. --
Bedivere (
talk)
22:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep I've added some sources and can add more. She's clearly notable by our standards, though the article was not in great shape when it was nominated. I'm unclear on whether or not the nominator engaged in any
WP:BEFORE. –
Muboshgu (
talk)
22:59, 16 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep Members of prominent city councils, such as Seattle, are usually kept. Still, the question is are there enough sources to write about her accomplishments in office. This
piece in the Stranger in 1999 after she announced she was not running for reelection does talk about her accomplishments and positioning on the council (but is not yet reflected in the article). There are also national
articles that describe some of the policies she pushed as as state party chair. In addition, the subject has been mentioned multiple times in the NY Times, in a story about
Microsoft employees, and the
subject's efforts to place books about gay families in the school libraries. --
Enos733 (
talk)
20:27, 17 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep: As usual, state party chairs are not inherently notable ex officio but may be notable if they have received significant coverage. I also do not think that
Seattle is a large enough city for city councilmembers to be considered notable ex officio. All that said, with the sources covered above and that were added to the article after nomination, there does appear to be sufficient
significant coverage to demonstrate notability in this case.
Curbon7 (
talk)
19:15, 18 February 2023 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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