Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frellsen Reese

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.

The result was Delete. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 00:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Frellsen Reese

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Subject is non-notable per WP:BIO. Note that my primary reason for bring this here is that the article was just deleted through prod, and the article's author has exercised his right to challenge that deletion by re-creating the article. So, with that background in mind, it should definitely be discussed here. Mwelch 20:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Claim to notability would be that he served as mayor of a small town (population 600) for 14 years. That's short of the politician guidelines in WP:BIO. With such a long time in office, I'd be willing to consider that he might still be notable, but a check of the sources provided in the article reveals the article to be problematic. Almost the entire article is sourced by his paid obituary in the newspaper (i.e. not an independent secondary source) and a personal conversation between the article's creator and a town official where Reese lived (i.e. clear cut original research). Take those away, and all you have left is that he was the mayor, he once proclaimed a day in honor of a local football coach, and he was donor to the Republican National Committee. Doesn't really seem to be much of an article to me. Mwelch 21:03, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Much more notable than many other article subjects I could mention. If the content is problematic, edit the article or give its author some time to edit it. Justin88 01:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. A fair suggestion. But if there are no other sources about the man, then edit it with what? As for "other articles", see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Mwelch 01:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. More information is out there about this guy and his relation to the more major politicians in the area. A little more Google work means that it can be shown what a power broker this guy is and how important he is in his city tommyduva

• Comment. Hmm, OK. Then you're seeing something on Google that I don't. When I Google his name, I get 15 hits. Several of them are copies of the obituary, and none of the others shed any light on this issues you mention. What are you seeing that I'm missing? If indeed there are other legitimate soruces out there about the man, I'd agree that changes thigns. Mwelch 02:46, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Mr. Reese was also a lieutenant colonel and a veteran of three wars, fairly uncommon. He was elected in his town and notable in that portion of northeast Louisiana.

Billy Hathorn 16:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete or Slight-Merge into the town per WP:LOCAL - NYC JD (interrogatories) 18:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Kzq9599 03:34, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Every town in America has prominent local politicians in their past. Not enough here to pass WP:BIO. Also consider Wikipedia is not a memorial. Caknuck 05:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.