Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Brown (police officer)


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The result was   keep. postdlf (talk) 21:40, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

David Brown (police officer)

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Fails to meet WP:BIO - I see no sources that show this person to be notable and deserving of his own article.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:33, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. Holds a very prominent post, since Dallas is so large (and problematic in terms of its policing), and I'm finding national as well as local media coverage to add to the article. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:27, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, Yngvadottir. Can you link those sources to this page so I can take a look at them? If you're right, I'll vote to withdraw this article from consideration. Thanks :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   05:58, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Have a look at the article as it is now - this is an AP story (many other versions online), this is Radley Balko in January this year, and sadly this is The Guardian on his son. There was also a flurry of attention on his handling of a police shooting in 2012; Balko alludes to that and others have mentioned it as a contrast with Ferguson, Missouri. I've kind of stopped since I think the article is now adequately referenced, but there does seem to be more out there. Yngvadottir (talk) 06:22, 3 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. Police chiefs of major cities are clearly notable by virtue of their position. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:54, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:54, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep - prominent post, police chief of major city. --BabbaQ (talk) 21:35, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:48, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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