Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank O'Leary


 * 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 delete. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  10:15, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Frank O'Leary

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WP:BLP of a county treasurer, not properly sourced as having a genuinely strong claim to passing WP:NPOL #2. County treasurer is not an "inherently" notable role that guarantees inclusion in Wikipedia in and of itself -- it's one where the notability test would require a strong case to be made that he's markedly more notable than most other county treasurers, such as by having much wider nationalizing coverage than the norm. But this is referenced entirely to a mix of primary sources that aren't support for notability at all (e.g. content self-published by the county or other organizations he was directly affiliated with) and purely run of the mill local coverage in his own county's community hyperlocal media, in no way demonstrating a reason why he should be seen as more notable than the norm for this level of office. Bearcat (talk) 15:12, 29 May 2022 (UTC) IrishOsita (talk) 03:50, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Virginia. Bearcat (talk) 15:12, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: No sources providing WP:SIGCOV seem to exist; barely any WP:LOCAL sources exist, which is surprising considering he served for 30 years and testified before Congress several times. Fails WP:GNG. Curbon7 (talk) 19:02, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete a local level politician who has not recieved coverage in a way to justify an article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:46, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - this appears to be a disagreement of opinion, but it appears that he has gotten lots of coverage over the years, especially for his innovation, 37 years ago, of allowing taxpayers to pay their bills by credit card. Bearian (talk) 19:08, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete The subject is not notable aside from his position, and the article makes no support for inclusion in Wikipedia outside of that.


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