Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Lam

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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 08:08, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tony Lam

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Councillor in Westminster, California, population 88k. Mostly is a puff piece. No sources. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:47, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Question Binguyen, I think you originally began this article in March 06, and you also began some of the others, so I'm a little puzzled.DGG 04:28, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, non-notable. Khoikhoi 06:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • KEEP - Tony Law is a notable Vietnamese-American and asian politician in the the united states. For you BLNGUYEN to stat that westminster, california is a puff piece is BIASED. Bnguyen 15:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - Notable. Subject is widely recognized by the media as the first Vietnamese-American elected official in the United States. DHN 18:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Tony Lam was the first Vietnamese-American elected in the United States, as the earlier user stated, and he remains a very influential leader within the Vietnamese community of America. -Friends of Tony Lam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.74.138.246 (talk • contribs)

  • IP's only edit. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Note and it had no reliable sources, and is a community council of a small town....and has refrences to the guy being a communist sympathiser, without sources. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, WjBscribe 23:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep but thoroughly rewrite to remove any unsourced negative remarks per WP:BLP - the plethora of coverage in reliable sources as shown by Google News should be enough for anyone to start writing a neutral article. —Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-24 23:47Z
  • Very weak keep. Even though I had never heard of Mr. Lam before, after doing some research I feel that notability isn't a problem. As it stands now, the article is completely unsourced though. I realize it's a stub but at this point, we're looking at an article that was created 13 months ago. Having said that, I'd still advocate cleanup/a major rewrite over deleting the article. Seed 2.0 00:51, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Although unsourced, this is a well written, reliable, article of notable subject. Nousernamesleft 01:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • I rewrote the article. Although it might not be too neutral for some people, it is decently sourced. What sources I can find have all commented favourably on Mr Lam. —Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-25 03:49Z
  • Note that all versions from this one onwards up to the one prior to my rewrite contain copyvio from this newspaper article: ANH DO. "`I have done my best'", The Orange County Register, 9 August 2002, p. 1, Cover.  —Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-25 04:19Z
  • Keep - passes notability test with flying colors. Just need to improve the citations. --Valley2city₪‽ 05:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep following Resurgent insurgent's rewrite. schi talk 06:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Councilman is pioneer for Vietnamese - Tony Lam of Westminster is the first Vietnamese\emigre elected to public office in the United States. San Jose Mercury News. March 23, 1993. As you might expect with such a notable person, there is enough WP:RS material to write an attributable article on the topic. Thus, the topic does meet Wikipedia notability guidelines and the article can meet Wikipedia article policies. -- Jreferee 06:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Notable as first Vietnemesse [sic] elected to council and for controversy surrounding him.--St.daniel talk 12:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Ditto others. --Remi 15:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The typical Westminster, California City Councilmember would not be notable, but this man is the very first person from an entire ethnic group to hold elected office in the United States. OCNative 02:39, 27 April 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.