Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Welch

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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.

The result was Keep consensus is that there is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to meet the relevant notability guideline. Davewild (talk) 21:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Welch

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Articles for deletion/Bill Welch
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Non notable mayor ButtonMyShirtImGay (talk) 01:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete, well below WP:BIO standards (mayor of municipality pop. 38,000). Nominator is an WP:SPA with a name violating WP:IU, but the nomination is valid. --Dhartung | Talk 02:21, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, he's very well noted in State College politics. Many people have recently been upset over his announcement over the same sex marriage and has receive quite a bit of news coverage. The article should stay.--StateCollege102 (talk) 02:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, To quote WP:BIO, "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 primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." And Welch passes the test of significant coverage. The population threshold is the figure for presuming notability, even if the significant coverage can't immediately be shown. --Eastmain (talk) 03:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - As a politician in a town with a large student population I feel that this mayor is notable, despite his small precinct. The article is sufficiently sourced and he is well covered enough to make that possible. DJLayton4 (talk) 04:46, 25 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.