Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A. C. Wharton


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The result was keep. - Philippe 04:59, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

A. C. Wharton

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An article on a county mayor (not a major office) which contains no independent biographical sources and no obvious claim to notability; seems to exist solely because he is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition. Guy (Help!) 11:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Keep I think this article could be expanded. I did a google search and found reliable sources reporting a run for the mayor of Memphis, TNand links about his son's indictment for rape. Google found 12,900 hits for "A.C. Wharton". This could be a good article about a notable politician.--Adamfinmo (talk) 01:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - The sins of the son are not visited upon the father. We do not write "biographies" of people whose children possibly committed a crime. FCYTravis (talk) 06:51, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't see anything encyclopedic here other than the fact he was a mayor, and that can be included in a list on the article about the office itself (if it merits one). So I guess, delete, unless someone can find something notable.--Docg 21:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - He's a pretty important political player. The county of which he is mayor is the largest county in Tennessee (with about 900,000 people) and includes the state's largest city (Memphis). (Note: County mayors wield a lot of power in Tennessee.) He's the first African American to be mayor there. Article could be greatly expanded. --Orlady (talk) 16:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


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