Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Doherty

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. dbenbenn | talk 14:00, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Brian Doherty
This ultra-sub-stub is 6 words in length: "Brian Doherty is a Chicago Alderman." Is this article of any value to Wikipedia at all? If so, to what end, and why should it be kept? GRider\talk 17:51, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * No vote, but please don't add every single one of these to VfD at once. Just do a few to begin with. -- Xezbeth 17:52, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Whenever there exists a "List of things that are X" with individual items linked to pages that only say "Y is an example of X", then the items should be de-linked and the articles should be redirected to the list. The problem in this case is that "Y" (Doherty) will not be an example of "X" (Chicago alderman) when his term ends, and the redirect should then either be redirected elsewhere or deleted. I don't necessarily see that happening. It'd be easier to delete. Some day hopefully wikipedia's search function will work better and a search for any current alderman will easily turn up anyone listed on that page, even without a redirect. -R. fiend 19:09, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This particular article I'm neutral on, but a semi-decent article on any Chicago Alderman would be a keep. Meelar (talk) 03:03, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Do you have intentions of updating your vote towards the close of this listing? At what point does this sub-stub transform into a semi-decent article, and whos decision is that to make? GRider\talk 20:47, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, just under the bar of notability for me. Megan1967 08:25, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Expand. Only Republican alderman in Chicago.
 * Above vote left unsigned by User:Capitalistroadster. GRider\talk 21:07, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not meet my understanding of the recommended criteria for inclusion of biographies.  Already listed in Chicago aldermen - an article which could easily be expanded to show political party (and therefore to show the trivia item that this person is the only current Republican on the list).  Rossami (talk) 22:19, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: only Republican alderman in one of the most heavily Democratic cities in America. How can that possibly be less important than characters in games? -- Jmabel | Talk 02:36, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. ComCat 02:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. See criteria for inclusion of biographies. --Pjacobi 00:50, 2005 Feb 21 (UTC)
 * Delete: not an article, notability not established. Willing to reconsider if the article is expanded. Wile E. Heresiarch 03:20, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete. Barely non-notable. Carrp | Talk 06:39, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Expand. &mdash; Linnwood 06:58, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with Pjacobi. Radiant! 11:17, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, spurious notability. JamesBurns 09:49, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, and note on Chicago aldermen that he is the only Republican. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 13:46, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.