Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jill Hazelbaker

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. W.marsh 22:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jill Hazelbaker

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This article does not meet notability guidelines. She is a midlevel political staffer and any noteriaty she gained was on a U.S. Senate race. Empire2000 19:11, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:N. STORMTRACKER 94 19:56, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - National Communications Director isn't a midlevel political staffer, it's a fairly high level. matt91486 22:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Jill Hazelbaker is a public figure. I recommend a Google News search for her name, which turns up 32 recent entries where reporters are quoting her directly and identifying her as the chief "spokesperson" or "press secretary" of presidential candidate John McCain. If she was at one time a "mid-level" staffer, she is no longer at that level now. Deleting this article will benefit Ms. Hazelbaker, but it won't benefit Wikipedia or the people who rely on it for encyclopedia-quality and well-referenced information about the backgrounds of people in the news. betsythedevine 10:18, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Comment The AfD template clearly states that "Unregistered users should visit Talk:Jill Hazelbaker and leave a detailed rationale for deletion, otherwise this template will be removed." In fact, the unregistered user who nominated this article for deletion has not offered any rationale, so in accordance with Wikipedia policy the Afd template should simply be removed. betsythedevine 20:52, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

The AfD was nominated by User:Empire2000, not an unregistered user. -- Kesh 22:35, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I see that Empire2000 is the first person to comment on this thread, but the article's page history attributes the Afd template to an unregistered user. betsythedevine 06:58, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. This person seems to have notability/notoriety beyond that conferred beyond her employment (the blogging incident), has been mentioned in the New York Times twice, and her name has been associated with two different politicians at the national level. Not the most notable biography I've ever seen but I suggest just enough to merit keeping this entry. Accounting4Taste 19:24, 6 October 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.