Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew K. Ruotolo


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The result was keep after improvements to the article. ansh 666 03:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Andrew K. Ruotolo

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Fails WP:POLITICIAN. County prosecutor is not a notable position. Also unsuccessful candidate for assembly. Only source is an obituary. Other sources that I were able to find only had routine coverage. They were mostly stories about crime, that mention him or quoted him. Rusf10 (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. PriceDL (talk) 18:14, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. PriceDL (talk) 18:14, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:13, 30 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete while a few country prosecutors are notable (Kym Worthy is a probably example), the coverage of Ruotolo for such is not enough to show notability, and the failed candidacy for the state legislature is clearly not enough.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:35, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep the refs meet the GNG easily, the failed candidacy as a disqualifier for notability is an example, once again, of the strawman fallacy. No one is claiming that is why he is notable. --RAN (talk) 04:13, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep The scope and breadth of sources about his role as county prosecutor developing a response to the car-theft epidemic of his era is what establishes his notability. He's not notable per se as a county prosecutor or as a failed politician; he's notable because reliable and verifiable sources document his efforts and successes as prosecutor. Kudos to RAN for his efforts to improve and expand the article, a sharp contrast to do-nothing deletionism. Alansohn (talk) 16:21, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Echo the above to say kudos to RAN.  Unscintillating (talk) 09:38, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:HEY.  Unscintillating (talk) 09:38, 2 January 2018 (UTC)


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