Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian M. Arrigo


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The result was delete. Sam Walton (talk) 23:26, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Brian M. Arrigo

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Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Some coverage, but basically a local politician. Magnolia677 (talk) 01:17, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Keep. Perhaps I should have waited to publish until I added more information to the article. However, the mayor and the city of Revere have been at the focus of the state-wide issue of casinos and gambling in Massachusetts. The mayor was leading the campaign to defeat Massachusetts' Question 1 regarding a repeat of the issue in the 2016 Election. BostonUrbEx (talk) 02:14, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * — Note to closing admin: BostonUrbEx (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD.
 * Started adding relevant information. It may be a while for me to fully expand upon this without assistance. BostonUrbEx (talk) 02:58, 27 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:NPOL. Mayor of small city of about 50k. There is coverage of the gambling issue in the Boston Globe, all from around Sep-Oct of 2016.  Although the Boston Globe is a big paper, Revere is 5 miles from Boston and this is local coverage of a local news.  He has been mayor since Jan and I didn't see any other coverage about anything else earlier in the year. MB 03:22, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Revere borders Boston, and isn't 5 miles away. Part of a previous casino deal required cooperation between Boston and Revere, but Boston thoroughly rejected it, shifting all focus solely to Revere. The coverage of the issue you saw was a state issue. It was Question 1 on the state ballot, but impacted only Revere directly. There's also been coverage of the possibility for an Assembly Square type development which the mayor is pushing for at Wonderland, and possibly even at Suffolk Downs which could potentially be the largest single development in New England if that latter were to occur. Assembly is widely regarded as a major success in developing an entire neighborhood and in attracting traffic from the surrounding region. A similar project in scale, or larger, would be a major change in Revere's economic development and draw investment to the area. Again, it is all very preliminary, but it is drawing attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BostonUrbEx (talk • contribs) 09:00, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete existence of this article strikes of recentism. The flash in the pan coverage does not establish notability of the level to justify an article in an encyclopedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:18, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 19:45, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete . Fails WP:POLITICIAN]. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - we have kept some (and deleted some) mayors of cities in the 50k range, as is this subject. Based on the ongoing controversy over gambling (addiction) in the Boston area, I'd lean towards keeping. Bearian (talk) 15:30, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - Even though there is a current gambling controversy, Wikipedia is not a newspaper and this seems to be one of the only things that is notable here. --  Dane  talk  20:21, 9 December 2016 (UTC)


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