Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Evelyn Parker

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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. - Mailer Diablo 10:13, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mary Evelyn Parker

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Artiucle by Billy Hathorn citing Billy Hathorn's Masters dissertation, and lacking any obvious claim of notability per WP:BIO. Section titles like "A real political player" are not the stuff of encyclopaedias, but of local history sites. Guy (Help!) 21:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak Keep. I've seen a lot of this guy's articles so I'm hesitant to all out keep it...I dunno...this person was State Treasurer. But...Billy references himself... --SmashvilleBONK! 21:54, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The sources should be strengthened, sure. But we don't delete articles for poorly phrased sections, and a state treasurer is notable. — Amcaja (talk) 22:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep if we can find a source for Louisiana's first woman treasurer. Found a couple of sources. spryde | talk 22:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, as loath as I am to endorse an article by someone who won't even show up for an RFCU. State treasurers are notable positions. These are the articles we want him to create; we just don't want him using COI sourcing including his own unpublished writing. I am afraid that getting Billy to stop is going to require sterner stuff than just deleting more of his articles. --Dhartung | Talk 00:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, elected state treasurer (19 years), first woman state treasurer in LA, former Democratic national committeewoman, campaign strategist for Governor John McKeithen, in Who's Who in America, member of Louisiana Political Hall of Fame, "Woman of the Year" in Baton Rouge, interesting life story. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, notability asserted as first woman state treasurer and by other means as well. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 04:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Please explain the basis for considering it a notable position.DGG (talk) 23:27, 8 December 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.