Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan McCarthy (politician)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  06:56, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Alan McCarthy (politician)

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Delete. This is a WP:BLP of an officeholder at the county level of government, which is not a level of government that confers an automatic WP:NPOL pass just because a person exists -- county council members get into Wikipedia only if they can be reliably sourced as significantly more notable than the thousands upon thousands of other county councillors in the United States who don't have Wikipedia articles. But there's no evidence of reliable source coverage shown here at all, as the article is referenced entirely to the state government's primary source directory of political officeholders in the state, which is not a source that can confer notability in and of itself. Simply put, nothing here -- neither the content nor the sourcing -- is enough to make him notable for serving at the county level of government. Bearcat (talk) 19:53, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete county executives are generally non-notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:26, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:06, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:06, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Please don't delete articles that I create. I'm trying to really enhance the information under the Cecil County pages and politics in the county along with the towns, primarily in the town of Elkton. I am not at the sole discretion creating pages just simply because people exist. they're useful articles. they're also articles that NEED to be on wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Codreezy (talk • contribs) 20:15, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NPOL states "Just being an elected local official...does not guarantee notability" - McCarthy could be notable if he received significant (generally non-local) coverage in multiple reliable sources. He has not, so he has no claim to notability. AusLondonder (talk) 23:49, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * note that sources show an equine vet named "Alan McCarthy" treating Northern Dancer at Windfields Farm, Windfields Farms (Maryland) a notable farm in Ontario. I am assuming that this was a different vet and also not the Winfield Farm mentioned in the article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:51, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Turns out that he is the doc who Northern Dancer at Windfields Farm, articles in multiple sources say so.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:57, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Probably keep I'm out of time after adding a couple of sources about his career as a vet to the (equine) stars. Have not looked at his political career yet (got thrown when the first link I clicked on a proquest search of  Alan + McCarthy + Maryland was about horse racing), but we at least have to consider it.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:25, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete euthanizing a notable race horse does not make an otherwise non-notable politician notable. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:16, 29 January 2017 (UTC)


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