Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Joseph McNulty

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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. Eluchil404 09:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Joseph McNulty

Frank Joseph McNulty (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  • Delete - notability -- served only one two-year term; otherwise nothing notable, distinguishing; no other info provided aside from dates of birth and death. Grinchie 19:11, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. A U.S. Representative is notable. -FisherQueen 20:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
    Don't users voting to keep or delete need to sign off using their Wikipedia signature??Grinchie 19:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
No. First, this is not a vote, and second, the information about who said what is in the history. It's bad form not to sign, and very likely to annoy people, but it's not a requirement. Xtifr tälk 00:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Oops- Glad I checked back here. Sorry 'bout that. -FisherQueen 20:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Being elected to Congress (even once) is sufficiently notable. Article needs expanding, as 52 of his 54 years are not accounted for. Caknuck 21:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Strongest Keep as members of the U.S. Congress are notable; in due course we should have an entry for each. According to his biography on the Congressional Biographical Directory site, this Member had other accomplishments also. I will expand the article. Newyorkbrad 21:48, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Congressperson. Even if Congressman McNulty served a quarter of one term, it would still be a strong keep. --Oakshade 23:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep All representatives elected to national legislatures (or appointed in the stead of an elected official who has resigned, died, etc.) are by definition notable, even if they only served a few days of a term. By the nom's definition, Gerald Ford would be a non-notable president. --Charlene 01:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Avoiding systemic bias doesn't mean shove it in the other direction. William_Henry_Harrison only served a month. -Amarkov blahedits 01:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep This nomination, while I'm sure made in good faith, may furnish an example of taking deletion criteria for notability too literally without appreciating context. National elected officials are notable in part because they represent big constituencies, have a lot of power, and are few in number (and this was true in the 1920s as well). Allon Fambrizzi 07:04, 2 December 2006 (UTC)Allon Fambrizzi
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.