Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/142 West 109th St.


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The result was   delete. L Faraone  01:13, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

142 West 109th St.

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I declined a prod on this because I think it might need discussion. The reason given was "Other than being the residence of Barack Obama, no evidence of notability. Notability is not inherited from the president". I'm not sure about that in this particular case, & someone might find somewhere to merge it  DGG ( talk ) 02:09, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak keep - there's no doubt there is an extent to which notability here in inherited from President Obama, given the building wouldn't otherwise be notable had he not lived there (and I imagine some would argue it isn't just because he did). That said, the building has received significant coverage in reliable sources. They aren't written by the building manager, or even by the tenant (Obama himself) or by a real estate agent looking to sell it. These are books, and articles in the New York Times. Yes, all of them talk about the building in the context of his living there but it has received significant coverage nonetheless. I suppose if it was going to be merged anywhere it would be Early life and career of Barack Obama where it is already mentioned. Stalwart 111  04:26, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * delete I don't see any significant coverage, just a bunch of real estate listings and "Obama slept here", with all of the latter emphasizing that there isn't anything remarkable (i.e. notable) about the building. Mangoe (talk) 15:55, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's no reason whatsoever to keep articles on every single place that every single world leader ever lived. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:18, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per Mangoe. -- ELEKHHT 23:26, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
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