Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bo Sullivan


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The result was   keep. Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:48, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Bo Sullivan

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Political figure whose only real claims of notability are having been an unsuccessful candidate in a party primary in 1981 and having his name occasionally mentioned as a possible candidate for other offices that never actually materialized, with no real evidence provided that he's actually notable enough to get past WP:POLITICIAN. Delete; simply being a candidate in a nomination contest which he didn't win is not, in and of itself, grounds for an article if he didn't hold another notable political office at another time. Bearcat (talk) 21:05, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:05, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:29, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep This is a poorly constructed article that provides overdue focus on a primary election loss. Sullivan's service as chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is a strong claim of notability and the article can be reorganized to use the available substantial coverage in his obituary in The New York Times and elsewhere. Alansohn (talk) 16:45, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
 * If the article could be rewritten to demonstrate that he was a genuinely notable chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, then I'd certainly be prepared to withdraw this nomination. However, being a chair of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is not a position that automatically makes a person notable enough for an article just because he held it — an article that doesn't claim that he did something of note in the position is not keepable just because it can be verified that he existed. Bearcat (talk) 19:58, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:15, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Keep and improve per Alansohn; significant coverage does appear to exist about his years as turnpike chairman and as a major public player in New Jersey, such as    --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:02, 24 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep per above. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:13, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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