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Fails WP:BLP1E and WP:NPOL. John from Idegon ( talk) 17:56, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Keep - Don't really see any reason why the page should be deleted. The article as is currently uses 13 reliable sources, 12 of which (as far as I can tell) are secondary. This is more than the amount of sources used to create some stub-class articles that are still allowed to stay up on Wikipedia.
Furthermore, another user removed the stub tags that were previously on the page due to the larger amount of secondary sources used ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atour_Sargon&diff=974200341&oldid=974163585), but if this is still too few, I am happy to re-add the stub tags as an alternative to deletion. I am also willing to add a disclaimer at the top, such as the article needing additional citations for verification, etc, as an alternative to deletion.
As far as notabiliy goes, the amount of sources used should be enough to confirm a level of notability, but if they aren't, I am happy to add more since there are a lot more online. Also, because she is the first person to hold the specific position that she currently holds (as per all of the sources), I think it's worth keeping. In the very least, it should be kept for that reason and maybe have a disclaimer at the top, such as "more citations needed," etc.
Lastly, aside from the nomination for deletion, no reason has been provided on the talk page for why it should be deleted in the first place, so it's not really even clear which one of Wikipedia's reasons for deleting an article that this article would fall under. But I think the reasons I provided and the alternatives that I suggested show that this article can still be kept while maybe putting some dislciamers at the heading of the page that address whatever issues with the article we might have.
Ninos2576 ( talk) 18:23, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Keep - also wanted to respond to the reasons for deletion - I feel like the "notable for one event" option doesn't really apply since there's a separate section titled "Assyrian activism" that shows activism that she's done unrelated to the position (AMPAC, Vote Assyrian board member, Census project, guest speaking, and giving lectures with senators). On the second point, fact that she's a local politician isn't necessarily a reason to delete as the situation has received press attention and it isn't the only thing she is known for, as previously mentioned.
Thank you for listening
Ninos2576 ( talk) 18:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
The first one, (Fails WP:BLP1E) states that she is notable for only one event. This isn't true since, as mentioned in the article, she is known for being the first Assyrian elected to the Lincolnwood board, being a board member of Vote Assyrian, being an advisor for the American Middle East Voters Alliance PAC, encouraing Assyrians in the US to fill out the census through Vote Assyrian's national Census Project, addressing the public with a Senator about civic engagement among Assyrians, being the co-chair of Schakowsky's Annual Ultimate Women's Power gathering (which included guests like Lori Lightfoot and Jill Biden, founding the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Student Movement, being a guest speaker at several public events pertaining to Assyrians, and so on.
The second proposed reason ( WP:NPOL) states that the article should be deleted because she is a local politician who does not recevie much media attention. I believe this doesn't apply for a few reasons.
Firstly, It assumes that the article ONLY claims that she's notable for being a local politician, which isn't true. There's an entire section labeled Assyrian activism that shows reasons she is notable aside from her position (a lot of those reasons are mentioned above in my first point). All of the information in this section is sourced with reliable sources that are all both secondary and independent. The two Youtube videos used as sources are "Civic Engagement in the Assyrian Community" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVEKAqZbjD0&t=3m05s) and the Assyrian Student Association of Chicago's 2020 Graduation Ceremony ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eku_2Qw4pgc&t=53m27s). These are both reliable sources in this case because they are both interviews/speeches from Sargon, and the only information being claimed from them is that Sargon gave an interview/speech about a specific topic. The article only refers to the 2020 graduation video by saying "Sargon was a guest speaker at the Assyrian Student Association of Chicago's class of 2020 virtual graduation ceremony" which the video obviously can reliably prove. The claim that the article makes about the civic engagement video is that "In September 2019, Sargon, along with Senator Ram Villivalam and representatives from Vote Assyrian, addressed the public about the importance of civic engagement among the Assyrian American Community" which the video also obviously can reliably prove. None of the information that is said within the videos is cited, just the fact that the videos were taken, as well as information that Sargon provides about her personal life in the video.
Secondly, if you look at the WP:NPOL, you'll see that it says, "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline." This means that Sargon can still have a page as a local politician if she meets the general notability guidelines. One of the requirements listed in the page is "Significant coverage." Sargon's wikipedia page proves that she has received significant coverage. She is the sole subject of the article "Atour Sargon, longtime Lincolnwood resident, runs on ticket of transparency, diversity" ( https://theassyrianjournal.com/atour-sargon-longtime-lincolnwood-resident-runs-on-ticket-of-transparency-diversity/), and has a significant mention (including even being quoted) in the following articles: ( http://nadignewspapers.com/2019/05/22/lincolnwood-trustees-sworn-in-at-meeting/) ( https://theassyrianjournal.com/after-decades-of-underrepresentation-assyrians-find-their-place-in-the-polls/) ( https://borderlessmag.org/2020/05/06/hard-to-count-assyrian-community-prepares-for-the-census-amid-covid-19/) ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnwood/ct-lwr-lincolnwood-election-tl-0411-story.html) ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnwood/ct-lwr-early-lincolnwood-results-tl-0404-story.html) ( http://www.janschakowsky.org/blog/watch-19th-annual-ultimate-womens-power-lunch).
And, as required by the notability guidelines page, all of these sources are secondary and independent. They meet the qualification for secondary sources because, as per the Wikipedia:No original research page, under the "primary, secondary, and tertiary sources" header, the sources are all not produced by Sargon herself. They are independent sources too, since they are all produced by organizations that have no relation as per the Wikipedia:Independent sources page under the people category. They are not the person (Sargon), family members (anyone related to Sargon), friends (none of Sargon's friends), employer (no one who employs Sargon), or employees (no one employed by Sargon). The sources come from Jan Schakowsky's website (who is a congresswoman unrelated to Sargon in any of the previously mentioned ways), Borderless Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Nadig Newspapers, the Assyrian Journal, Medill News Service, and some others. There is one primary source from the Village of Lincolnwood, who is Sargon's employer, but that's it (from what I see).
The only other grievance I believe I saw was that the sources are local and/or barely mention Sargon. My mention of the sources above shows why they do mention Sargon in depth. As for the point about them being local, this isn't true as well. After looking on the websites of the Assyrian Journal ( https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/#sthash.gtQV7Z1l.dpbs), Borderless Magazine ( https://borderlessmag.org/), the Assyrian Journal ( https://theassyrianjournal.com/), I see that they all cover a wide variety of significant national issues, not just local ones.
Because of all the reasons outlined above, I believe the page should exist in some capacity. I have addressed every argument on the contrary using wikipedia's own community guidelines. In the very least, it justifies having the page exist but using some of the alternatives to deletion mentioned by Wikipedia, such as having tags like cleanup, stub, refimprove, or the one that says that this biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. I feel as if though keeping the page but adding some of these tags as dislcaimers at the top is a good reason to keep it, since the stuff I addressed above shows why the page should exist in some capacity.
I believe this reply has addressed every grievance and reason as to why the article was proposed to be deleted, and show why it should exist in some capacity. Thank you again for listening to my suggestions
Ninos2576 ( talk) 07:21, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
I also wanted to point out that there is an entire section titled "Assyrian activism" which points out other reasons unrelated to her local office position to show why she's notable. This means that the past standard for deletion probably doesn't apply because she's notable for reasons unrelated to the office (Vote Assyrian board member, AMVotePac board member, census campaigning, meeting with prominent politicians such as Schakowsky, Lori Lightfoot, and Ram Villivalam to discuss Assyrian issues, campaigning on behalf of these individuals, etc)
Thanks again.
Ninos2576 ( talk) 21:13, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Keep - Atour seems to fall under the "general notability" listing as she has received regular significant coverage as a political leader of a minority community from reliable sources independent of the author. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbjoe15 ( talk • contribs) 19:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. Ninos2576 ( talk) 07:40, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
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Fails WP:BLP1E and WP:NPOL. John from Idegon ( talk) 17:56, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Keep - Don't really see any reason why the page should be deleted. The article as is currently uses 13 reliable sources, 12 of which (as far as I can tell) are secondary. This is more than the amount of sources used to create some stub-class articles that are still allowed to stay up on Wikipedia.
Furthermore, another user removed the stub tags that were previously on the page due to the larger amount of secondary sources used ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atour_Sargon&diff=974200341&oldid=974163585), but if this is still too few, I am happy to re-add the stub tags as an alternative to deletion. I am also willing to add a disclaimer at the top, such as the article needing additional citations for verification, etc, as an alternative to deletion.
As far as notabiliy goes, the amount of sources used should be enough to confirm a level of notability, but if they aren't, I am happy to add more since there are a lot more online. Also, because she is the first person to hold the specific position that she currently holds (as per all of the sources), I think it's worth keeping. In the very least, it should be kept for that reason and maybe have a disclaimer at the top, such as "more citations needed," etc.
Lastly, aside from the nomination for deletion, no reason has been provided on the talk page for why it should be deleted in the first place, so it's not really even clear which one of Wikipedia's reasons for deleting an article that this article would fall under. But I think the reasons I provided and the alternatives that I suggested show that this article can still be kept while maybe putting some dislciamers at the heading of the page that address whatever issues with the article we might have.
Ninos2576 ( talk) 18:23, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
Keep - also wanted to respond to the reasons for deletion - I feel like the "notable for one event" option doesn't really apply since there's a separate section titled "Assyrian activism" that shows activism that she's done unrelated to the position (AMPAC, Vote Assyrian board member, Census project, guest speaking, and giving lectures with senators). On the second point, fact that she's a local politician isn't necessarily a reason to delete as the situation has received press attention and it isn't the only thing she is known for, as previously mentioned.
Thank you for listening
Ninos2576 ( talk) 18:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
The first one, (Fails WP:BLP1E) states that she is notable for only one event. This isn't true since, as mentioned in the article, she is known for being the first Assyrian elected to the Lincolnwood board, being a board member of Vote Assyrian, being an advisor for the American Middle East Voters Alliance PAC, encouraing Assyrians in the US to fill out the census through Vote Assyrian's national Census Project, addressing the public with a Senator about civic engagement among Assyrians, being the co-chair of Schakowsky's Annual Ultimate Women's Power gathering (which included guests like Lori Lightfoot and Jill Biden, founding the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Student Movement, being a guest speaker at several public events pertaining to Assyrians, and so on.
The second proposed reason ( WP:NPOL) states that the article should be deleted because she is a local politician who does not recevie much media attention. I believe this doesn't apply for a few reasons.
Firstly, It assumes that the article ONLY claims that she's notable for being a local politician, which isn't true. There's an entire section labeled Assyrian activism that shows reasons she is notable aside from her position (a lot of those reasons are mentioned above in my first point). All of the information in this section is sourced with reliable sources that are all both secondary and independent. The two Youtube videos used as sources are "Civic Engagement in the Assyrian Community" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVEKAqZbjD0&t=3m05s) and the Assyrian Student Association of Chicago's 2020 Graduation Ceremony ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eku_2Qw4pgc&t=53m27s). These are both reliable sources in this case because they are both interviews/speeches from Sargon, and the only information being claimed from them is that Sargon gave an interview/speech about a specific topic. The article only refers to the 2020 graduation video by saying "Sargon was a guest speaker at the Assyrian Student Association of Chicago's class of 2020 virtual graduation ceremony" which the video obviously can reliably prove. The claim that the article makes about the civic engagement video is that "In September 2019, Sargon, along with Senator Ram Villivalam and representatives from Vote Assyrian, addressed the public about the importance of civic engagement among the Assyrian American Community" which the video also obviously can reliably prove. None of the information that is said within the videos is cited, just the fact that the videos were taken, as well as information that Sargon provides about her personal life in the video.
Secondly, if you look at the WP:NPOL, you'll see that it says, "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline." This means that Sargon can still have a page as a local politician if she meets the general notability guidelines. One of the requirements listed in the page is "Significant coverage." Sargon's wikipedia page proves that she has received significant coverage. She is the sole subject of the article "Atour Sargon, longtime Lincolnwood resident, runs on ticket of transparency, diversity" ( https://theassyrianjournal.com/atour-sargon-longtime-lincolnwood-resident-runs-on-ticket-of-transparency-diversity/), and has a significant mention (including even being quoted) in the following articles: ( http://nadignewspapers.com/2019/05/22/lincolnwood-trustees-sworn-in-at-meeting/) ( https://theassyrianjournal.com/after-decades-of-underrepresentation-assyrians-find-their-place-in-the-polls/) ( https://borderlessmag.org/2020/05/06/hard-to-count-assyrian-community-prepares-for-the-census-amid-covid-19/) ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnwood/ct-lwr-lincolnwood-election-tl-0411-story.html) ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnwood/ct-lwr-early-lincolnwood-results-tl-0404-story.html) ( http://www.janschakowsky.org/blog/watch-19th-annual-ultimate-womens-power-lunch).
And, as required by the notability guidelines page, all of these sources are secondary and independent. They meet the qualification for secondary sources because, as per the Wikipedia:No original research page, under the "primary, secondary, and tertiary sources" header, the sources are all not produced by Sargon herself. They are independent sources too, since they are all produced by organizations that have no relation as per the Wikipedia:Independent sources page under the people category. They are not the person (Sargon), family members (anyone related to Sargon), friends (none of Sargon's friends), employer (no one who employs Sargon), or employees (no one employed by Sargon). The sources come from Jan Schakowsky's website (who is a congresswoman unrelated to Sargon in any of the previously mentioned ways), Borderless Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Nadig Newspapers, the Assyrian Journal, Medill News Service, and some others. There is one primary source from the Village of Lincolnwood, who is Sargon's employer, but that's it (from what I see).
The only other grievance I believe I saw was that the sources are local and/or barely mention Sargon. My mention of the sources above shows why they do mention Sargon in depth. As for the point about them being local, this isn't true as well. After looking on the websites of the Assyrian Journal ( https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/#sthash.gtQV7Z1l.dpbs), Borderless Magazine ( https://borderlessmag.org/), the Assyrian Journal ( https://theassyrianjournal.com/), I see that they all cover a wide variety of significant national issues, not just local ones.
Because of all the reasons outlined above, I believe the page should exist in some capacity. I have addressed every argument on the contrary using wikipedia's own community guidelines. In the very least, it justifies having the page exist but using some of the alternatives to deletion mentioned by Wikipedia, such as having tags like cleanup, stub, refimprove, or the one that says that this biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. I feel as if though keeping the page but adding some of these tags as dislcaimers at the top is a good reason to keep it, since the stuff I addressed above shows why the page should exist in some capacity.
I believe this reply has addressed every grievance and reason as to why the article was proposed to be deleted, and show why it should exist in some capacity. Thank you again for listening to my suggestions
Ninos2576 ( talk) 07:21, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
I also wanted to point out that there is an entire section titled "Assyrian activism" which points out other reasons unrelated to her local office position to show why she's notable. This means that the past standard for deletion probably doesn't apply because she's notable for reasons unrelated to the office (Vote Assyrian board member, AMVotePac board member, census campaigning, meeting with prominent politicians such as Schakowsky, Lori Lightfoot, and Ram Villivalam to discuss Assyrian issues, campaigning on behalf of these individuals, etc)
Thanks again.
Ninos2576 ( talk) 21:13, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Keep - Atour seems to fall under the "general notability" listing as she has received regular significant coverage as a political leader of a minority community from reliable sources independent of the author. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbjoe15 ( talk • contribs) 19:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. Ninos2576 ( talk) 07:40, 4 September 2020 (UTC)