Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barack Obama, Sr.

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The result was keep. completely notable, and WP:SNOW - Milk's Favorite Cookie 01:51, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barack Obama, Sr.

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His estranged son may be notable enough, but he is not. --Philip Stevens (talk) 18:29, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

• Keep Considering Obama's popularity in the US and the interest in his family/background, I know there is a huge audience for this information. Barack Obama, Sr. has already been to AFD and was converted into a redirect, but the current version of the article contains much more information than the old one. Zagalejo^^^ 18:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
• Please unbundle this - Please nominate each of the articles individually. We have historically had problems and confusion when attempts have been made to delete en masse relatives of politicians. Some may be notable and some may not. Each relative should be judged individually. Americasroof (talk) 18:55, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for unbundling Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ann Dunham, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madelyn Dunham and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Onyango Obama Americasroof (talk) 20:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

• Keep. The immediate parents of major political figures often have sufficient notability. As the subject of Obama's memoir, Obama Sr. is not an exception. Jfire (talk) 19:37, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep--Sli723 (talk) 22:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Even if he didn't raise him, the subject of Barack Obama, Sr. is too important not to have in the encyclopedia. If this violates a Wikipedia guideline like WP:BIO, and I don't think it does, we need to overturn that guideline here for the good of the encyclopedia. Noroton (talk) 23:19, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep, considering the contents of Dreams From my Father, Obama Sr. was a notable economist in the Kenyan government ignoring his relationship to Obama. –– Lid^(Talk) 01:48, 12 March 2008 (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.