Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Garvey (Louisiana politician)

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The result was keep. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:16, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

James Garvey (Louisiana politician)

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Local school board member, fails WP:POLITICIAN. Coverage is hyper-local. Most sources are not independent of government. Mere mentions in relation to election campaign AusLondonder (talk) 17:38, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. Not local but regional. Member and vice president of statewide education board. Member of prominent New Orleans family. Article fully sourced (eight newspaper articles) and establishes notability. Even if considered "local" he can qualify under 2. Local politicians who have received significant press coverage. as far as notability. Billy Hathorn (talk) 17:51, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the sourcing is extremely poor unfortunately. Disclosure and election statements on government websites are not relevant. Sources about family members do not seem relevant either. AusLondonder (talk) 17:54, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Musa Talk 18:16, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Doesn't come close to meeting WP:BIO notability, much like hundreds of other articles created by this user. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 17:52, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rebuttal Guidelines say:People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. All of these criteria apply here. Billy Hathorn (talk) 19:52, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, but with respect, are you serious? What sources? Government financial disclosure statements? Articles about his father? AusLondonder (talk) 20:12, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply:

Ramon Antonio Vargas (August 19, 2010). "Lawrence 'Larry' Garvey, co-founder of Radiofone, dies at 73". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Danielle Dreilinger (October 15, 2015). "BESE 1st District: meet the candidates: James Garvey". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
"BESE member Jim Garvey announces he will run for reelection". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. September 2, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Mark A. Joyce (October 23, 2015). "Guest columnist recounts out-of-state money and PAC support going to campaigns of certain BESE candidates". Louisiana Voice. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Danielle Dreilinger (September 25, 2015). "Jim Garvey vastly outdoes Lee Barrios in BESE campaign funding". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Will Sentell (September 29, 2015). "These 3 candidates' campaign war chests outweigh the rest in key BESE races". The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Jessica Williams (February 24, 2015). "With $158,000 in the bank, BESE member James Garvey confirms run for re-election". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Will Sentell (September 12, 2015). "Candidates in BESE races have much different views on Common Core: 21 to vie for eight seats on board". The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Will Sentell (October 25, 2015). "Backers of Common Core, other changes make clean sweep in BESE contests". The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
Elizabeth K. Jeffers. "Billionaires and their Super PACS Vie for Control of Education in Louisiana" (PDF). The New Orleans Tribune. Retrieved November 15, 2015. Clearly sufficient secondary sources here. Billy Hathorn (talk) 20:27, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep passes GNG. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 03:07, 16 November 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 17:47, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The references look fine to me. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 02:37, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:30, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ - A richly appointed article, but for all the polish of its prose, what we have here is a politician never elected to high city, state, or large city office, thus failing the WP:POLITICIAN high bar to inclusion. Seems to be a political mover and shaker in the campaign contributions department, but that is not a field of endeavor that is widely chronicled in the press. Carrite (talk) 16:12, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I will get out of the way to make this easier for the closer. Carrite (talk) 18:09, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A richly appointed article with an equally rich variety of reliable and verifiable sources to meet the notability standard. Alansohn (talk) 00:05, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Sources provided by Billy Hathorn show it passing WP:GNG and WP:BIO. clpo13_(talk) 00:33, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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