Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edwin L. Crawford (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:16, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Edwin L. Crawford
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non-notable county executive. Fails WP:POLITICIAN, was previously at AfD in 2008 and closed as no consensus. It seems WP:POLITCIAN was less clear at that time. The only coverage that exists outside of the local newspaper is an obituary. Rusf10 (talk) 01:54, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete doesn't pass WP:GNG SportingFlyer  talk  06:58, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete does not meet the notability criteria for politicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:10, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Since 1) six of the currently-provided sources are independent of the subject, 2) five are news organizations, 3) none of the deletionists have put any effort into locating other WP:RS, the "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article" criterion of WP:POLITICIAN has been met.  As most sources about the subject are likely behind paywalls, the deletionists are also guilty of source availability bias.  -- DanielPenfield (talk) 22:32, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * There is not significant coverage of the subject, the coverage is very routine and not in-depth. The current sourcing of the article consists of the following: 1. A New York Times obituary- people rarely become notable upon death so there should be coverage during his life. 2. An article about naming a county building after him in the local newspaper 3. Election results in the local newspaper 4 & 5. Basically the same as #2 6. A press release 7. A primary source. There is no "source availability bias", the only source I was unable to read was the third which I'm sure was just election results.--Rusf10 (talk) 18:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Crawford passes WP:GNG and subparts 2 and 3 of WP:POLITICIAN. He was a major figure in the history of Broome County, New York, an area with a population of more than 200,000 (greater than 27 countries). He has received significant coverage in multiple, reliable, and independent sources. A search of the Newspapers.com database turns up more than 10,000 hits for "Edwin L. Crawford".  Coverage includes: (1) Edwin Crawford, 68; Ran Counties Group, The New York Times, 10/1/93; (2) Leader of county government lobby group dies, The Ithaca Journal (Associated Press), 9/28/93; (3) Edwin L. Crawford: Cancer takes life of a Broome County 'pioneer', Press & Sun-Bulletin, 9/28/93; (4) Crawford Fighting For Political Survival, Binghamton Press, 9/7/76; (5) Crawford Piles Up 10,000-Vote Plurality, The Evening Press, 11/5/69; (6) Broome honors first county executive, Press & Sun-Bulletin, 11/11/15; and (7) Crawford In Chairman Race, Lacks 26 Votes, The Sunday Press, 12/18/66. Cbl62 (talk) 20:10, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The scope and breadth of sources about Crawford provide the significant needed to meet the notability standard. Alansohn (talk) 21:29, 7 March 2018 (UTC)


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