Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerry Connolly

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The result was Keep. Synergy 04:18, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Gerry Connolly

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Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Kmusgrave (talk) 00:58, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

• STRONG Keep as he easily passes WP:POLITICIAN: 2)"Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage. Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion, as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city. 3) Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." His coverage includes Michelle Malkin, Crooks and Liars, Washington Post #1, Not Larry Sabato, League of Conservative Voters, Washington Post #2, Below the Beltway, CBS News, Greater Greater Washington, Open Left, NBC4,,, and a whole slew of stuff on Google News. He definitely pases WP:POLITICIAN. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 01:31, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
• STRONG Keep, he won the Democratic primary so he's notable for that if nothing else. It's a very close race, so obviously he's a credible candidate. I see the person requesting this deletion, kmusgrave, has been actively editing his opponent's article. That article reads like a campaign brochure and doesn't have citations. We really don't need this sort of game-playing three weeks before the election. Flatterworld (talk)
• Weak keep Article as it stands does not demonstrate notability; only the bits submitted by Schmidt demonstrate his notability — he's an elected local official and an unelected candidate for political office, and only is notable because he meets the primary notability criterion. Nyttend (talk) 02:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

• I agree with you. If the nom had simply search for the man's name on Google or Google news, this would/should have never come to AfD. Certainly the article could use an overhaul. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 04:50, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

• KEEP -- he played a prominent and controversial role in the Islamic Saudi Academy controversy (see , etc.). AnonMoos (talk) 12:05, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. Connolly has won the Democratic primary for Virginia's 11th congressional district. The bio has reliable sources and satisfies WP:POLITICIAN. AdjustShift (talk) 18:07, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

• I've added some info. MichaelQSchmidt's sources are also useful and they can be included in the bio. We should make an attempt to improve the bio instead of deleting it. AdjustShift (talk) 18:24, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

• MergeKeep to United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008#District 11. Sources uncovered by MichaelQSchmidt only address his candidacy, thus fails WP:POLITICIAN. See also WP:ONEVENT -- the event, in this case, is the election. "Cover the event, not the person." No prejudice against breaking the bio back out if he actually wins. RayAYang (talk) 23:15, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Remark -- I can support the new standard DGG is proposing. Keep on that basis. RayAYang (talk) 04:29, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- RayAYang (talk) 23:16, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
• Keep I agree that the major US party nominees for national-level political office are notable, even if they do not win the election. That only adds a few hundred more every two years, many of whom will be notable anyway if sufficiently investigated, and for people in a campaign like this, there will always be print sources available. This is a change of attitude here, and I am glad itr is becoming accepted. DGG (talk) 00:29, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Even ignoring the Congressional race, he is the elected executive of a county with over 1 million people. 160.111.254.11 (talk) 15:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

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