Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Gray (politician)


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 10:43, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Alexander Gray (politician)

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The individual clearly fails WP:NPOL for de jure notability, so he'd have to pass some other notability guideline (such as WP:NBASIC) to be notable. To a bit of my surprise, I was unable to find significant coverage of Gray from his years in the Trump administration. There was lots of trivial coverage (a sentence or two in a few pieces, or a name-check in a few others), but I can't find any sources that cover him non-trivially in that context. There is coverage of him in the context of the special senate election in Oklahoma, but that appears to be the only subject in which he's discussed significantly by an independent reliable source. As such, the article appears to be a WP:BLP1E, with that one event being the individual's current campaign for Senate. As such, the article should be redirected to 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma, where the article subject can be covered in sufficient death, or it should be deleted as non-notable. — Mhawk10 (talk) 03:51, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Conservatism,  and Oklahoma. — Mhawk10 (talk) 03:51, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * CommentAs a Trump Administration official, now running in a major US Senate race, it seems appropriate to have a page, especially as he gains further notoriety in his race. 104.0.117.129 (talk) 23:24, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment"Per Wikipedia guidelines, Sub-cabinet officials (assistant secretary, commissioner, etc.) are usually considered notable" 104.0.117.129 (talk) 00:14, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete If he wins the general election he will be notable. Wikipedia is not meant to be a place for unelected candidates to get free adversitement.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:49, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma. Per nominator, the subject presently fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG and dosen't qualify for a standalone article. Sal2100 (talk) 17:16, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma. While he doesn't meet WP:NPOL at this time and chief of staff of a government council isn't a position that guarantees notability, I think there is value in preserving the page's history. KidAd  •  SPEAK  17:34, 29 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete Per nom and John. Redirect doesn’t make sense to me as the article already includes him in that fashion, as a mention. NiklausGerard (talk) 19:07, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment First, if the consensus is to remove this article, I recommend deletion instead of redirecting. He is one candidate in a 10+ primary, so I doubt the article will provide sufficient coverage to justify the redirect. Second, I do think Gray is notable for two things: serving in the Trump admin and running for Senate. I'm not convinced being notable for only two things is enough to justify keeping the article, but I don't think this is quiet WP:BLP1E.--TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 16:29, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 * With the increased scrutiny on Trump Administration officials running for public office, it seems that this is an appropriate level of notoriety to warrant a wikipedia page. 104.0.117.129 (talk) 23:25, 2 May 2022 (UTC) — 104.0.117.129 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


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