Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W. Wilson Goode, Jr.

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The result was Keep. CitiCat ^♫ 04:04, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] W. Wilson Goode, Jr.

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article about a councilman in Philadelphia who is the son of a former mayor. WP:BIO states for politicians: "Has held an international, national or regional office. Member or former member of a national, state or provincial legislatures. Being an elected local official by itself does not ensure inclusion in a list or general article." A city councilman, even of a large city is not sufficient to be notable by those standards, and since notability is not inherited his father doesn't take the son over the line. Carlossuarez46 00:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Fails WP:BIO and since notability is not inherited, they are not notable enough to be here. NASCAR Fan24^{(radio me!)} 00:55, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep In my view, councillor-at-large of a very large city is for all intents and purposes a 'regional office'. This is no mere local council. I think the purpose of WB:BIO has to be kept in mind - should wikipedia exclude articles about persons of substantial political and policy influence? I agree that being son of a former mayor does not in and of itself establish notability. --Mkativerata 01:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Mkativerata - however, the article as it stands is horrible and needs a bloody good rewrite.--Voxpuppet (talk • contribs) 02:01, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. A search of Google News Archive suggests that he would pass the "significant coverage" criterion. --Dhartung | Talk 02:02, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, I gotta agree with the above reasons. He is a councilman of a large area, maybe as large as some congressional districts.. Callelinea 04:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. In fact, he represents the entire city of Philadelphia, which is more populous than any Congressional district. --Metropolitan90 05:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

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