Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony Woods


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The result was   keep. Skomorokh 13:43, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Anthony Woods

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I have been following this article on and off for six months and have concluded that on the basis of the sources available, that this individual fails WP:BIO. The best sources are about him coming 5th in a local election and giving a speech at his university. Cameron Scott (talk) 13:24, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. In defense of keeping it, he has been covered by national press, such as the Washington Post. Moreover, he has been on national TV.  He has been on CNN and also Real Time (HBO).  That would seem to give him some amount of national coverage that would justify keeping the article, even if it does need to be improved.   Casprings (talk) 15:15, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. I actually knew who this guy was, and google reinforces why.  Tons of hits.  Article does need improvement.  I just rewrote the intro, & will try to fix some more before AfD is over.  His story is not about him finishing 5th in some ol' election, its about him being a highly touted black West Point graduate who got tossed out of the U.S. Army for being gay, and THEN ran for congress, in an "historic"  campaign.  Maybe not as "historic" as the advocate suggests, but enough to have an article here. --Milowent (talk) 17:26, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


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