Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel G. Birmingham

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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 No consensus. ChrisO 21:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel G. Birmingham

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Subject is the chairman of a county legislature, which appears to fail WP:BIO. Prod was contested, so I'm sending it over here. RedRollerskate 16:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete, per nom. Local politicians are not able. --Bill.matthews 16:48, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep One of the criteria of WP:BIO is "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage." Being the chairman of the county legislature qualifies him as a "major local politican" and as such his press coverage is pretty constant. By the way, Wikipedia has articles on just about everything, Some on topics far less notable than this. I think it is useful for pepole to find out about their local politician in a place such as this.EMT1871 20:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Could you update the article with reliable sources of the significant press coverage? Being a chairman of a county legislature alone would not in my opinion make him a major local politician. Specifically the guideline states: A politician who has received "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists. --Bill.matthews 21:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, fails WP:BIO on its face, no sources are provided asserting WP:N. Putnam County is north of Westchester and has no cities within the county limits. It's unlikely there is coverage much beyond the local area. --Dhartung | Talk 22:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I've added one source and a link to Birmingham's page at the county Web site. The county is covered by at least the Journal-News daily, based in White Plains to the south (in Westchester County) and the Putnam County News and Record. I found no adequate articles on the online archives of the Journal-News, but I'm sure they exist. The head of the county legislature is going to have articles written solely about him, both at election time and at other times. I see no sense in deleting what's already here since it seems obvious to me that adequate sources will be found to establish notability under WP:N. Noroton 19:22, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I added more information from The Putnam County Courier. Noroton 19:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and I can't belive I just wrote that! While I don't agree with his politics, he is notable. He is the equivalent of County Judge or County Commissioner in other states. Bearian 18:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
F.Y.I. He is no where near the equivalent of a county judge, or any other member of the judicial branch of government. EMT1871 21:15, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nom. J.R. Hercules 18:22, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless much more significant coverage can be found. None of the sources cited constitute significant or in-depth coverage. The first is three sentances on the subject, the second two sentances, both giving basic factual reprots of the election. The third devotes four paragaphs to the subject, giving basic biographical info, plus a paragrpah of praise from a political associate who is also his former boss. I have seen far more extensive coverage of losing township council candidates, and they aren't notable either. These sources are enough to verify the facts, but not to establish notability, IMO. DES (talk) 18:36, 4 July 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.