Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Cosgrove

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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. Keilana|Parlez ici 17:10, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Cosgrove

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Not notable per WP:BIO. While the article links to several articles, they all merely quote him, there is no evidence of substantial non-trivial coverage of the subject. Otherwise, the article reads like a resume. Article creator has removed two speedy tags already, I am recommending a speedy delete. hateless 08:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete per G11 and concerns of nom. And, is it encyclopedic when an article for which there is purportedly no conflict of interest repeatedly refers to its subject by first name? Dethme0w (talk) 08:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Looks like this person is or was involved in Texas politics. If he is getting a syndicated radio show even if it is on travel, I think listeners would want to know something about his background. He may be known in the Dallas/Ft Worth market but people outside of that area may know little about him or his background. Important stuff to know if you are going to tune in and listen to some radio show or read about him in the paper, even if he is just quoted. Evidently the WSJ and others think enough of him to quote him on several different issues. - love2run —Preceding unsigned comment added by Love2run (talk • contribs) 10:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Note that all of this User's edits have been made today, and all but one have been to AfD discussions. Corvus cornixtalk 23:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 10:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, being chairman of a state Young Republicans (or Young Democrats, for that matter) is not notability. Being the radio host of a travel show is not notable in and of itself, if the show itself doesn't show notability. If he ran for office and won on his own, then he might be notable depending on the office, but I see nothing here. Corvus cornixtalk 23:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nom. --andreasegde (talk) 14:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep: Leaders of political groups on a state and national level are notable. --User:robspree 18 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep: I agree leaders of most political groups, state or national level are notable. Maybe not for smaller states, but Texas is a major player on the national scene. The YR's (as Young Republicans are known) were a force in the mid 80's including in Texas when this guy was the Texas State Chairman. Back then they were HUGE in Dallas with over 1,000 people showing up at every month for the local Dallas club's meetings. Members back then were people like Steve Barlett, former Congressman from Dallas and current US Senator from Texas Kay Hutchison who relied on YR's a great deal in her early days running for office. So I vote keep. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.186.235.52 (talk) 04:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)


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