Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Commisso

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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 delete. There was a clear consensus that the subject fails to meet notability guidelines. In addition, the article is wholly lacking secondary sources. Though there are sources available, they fail to cover the subject in depth. There is also presently a failure to meet WP:V. TerriersFan (talk) 17:09, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Commisso

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Encyclopedic notability not established (one of 39 legislators of a county of 300,000 inhabitants, cf. WP:POLITICIAN). No independent sources. High on a tree (talk) 14:30, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete - not notable per WP:BIO#Politicians. JohnCD (talk) 14:45, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Unsure about this one. A GoogleNews search (even after some filtering to exclude hits about a golfer from 1930s-1940s with same name), returns 82 hits[1]. One could make an argument that this constitutes "significant press coverage", satisfying WP:POLITICIAN. On the other hand, the coverage is all in the local newspapers and the articles mention him rather than are features about him. So I am not sure how WP:POLITICIAN is to be interpreted here. Nsk92 (talk) 14:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep He's Chairman of the Albany Democratic Party - that's quite an important position. It's not like he's some random Legislator, but head of the Democratic Party in the Capital of New York State and a prominent party boss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.144.72 (talk) 17:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. County party chairs are not inherently notable. If he was a state party chair he might be, but right now, no. KleenupKrew (talk) 18:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep: No opinion. May pass WP:BIO#politicians. Is mentioned in a current news story. 69.140.152.55 (talk). Basically, I agree with User:Nsk92 above. 06:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
That's two mentions in passing in a long text from a local newspaper. In contrast, WP:BIO#politicians defines "significant press coverage" as has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists. Regards, High on a tree (talk) 07:33, 16 May 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.