Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis J. Kearney


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Even recognizing the discussion was not properly transcluded until 21 August, the participation was robust (five unique contributors) and every participant except the nominator has argued for a keep based on WP:NPOL. (non-admin closure) Enos733 (talk) 03:23, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Dennis J. Kearney

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 * Delete - Nothing in this very short biography establishes notability M.boli (talk) 15:08, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - Meets WP:NPOL as a former member of a state–wide legislature. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 17:23, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It is not obvious from that description in the notability guidelines. The footnote seems to say state legislator is a rule of thumb, it is described as "secondary," but the person must still meet general notability guidelines. Which Kearney does not. There are about 7,300 elected state legislators in the United States. I have rarely seen a wikipedia article for somebody notable solely for having been a state legislator. -- M.boli (talk) 02:09, 27 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep The politician notability guidelines are infact suggesting that not only all 7,300 current state legislators are notable, but every single person who has ever held such a position. That may in fact be ludicrous, but the current rule we follow is whenever we come across an article on any such person we keep it. To change this, you will need consensus to change to notability rules for politicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:33, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's ludicrous. Imagine the number of politically motivated editors we would get dominating discussions here if we didn't have such a bright-line rule. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:11, 22 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep - This discussion page was never transcluded to a daily log page--fixed now. As for my own view, subject clearly meets WP:NPOL as a former state legislator.   For future AfD nominations, please fully follow the instructions at WP:AFDHOWTO.  --Finngall talk  17:41, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep: State legislators are automatically notable, per WP:NPOL. Curbon7 (talk) 03:35, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:55, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:55, 22 August 2021 (UTC)


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