Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Kowalski


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The result was   Snow Keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:37, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Gary Kowalski

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Doesn't seem notable enough for wikipedia. GladiusHellfire (talk) 00:42, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets our longstanding notability guideline WP:POLITICIAN as a former member of the Manitoba legislature.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  02:09, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Clearly Keep, meets WP:POLITICIAN, elected twice, even quarrelled with party leadership for a short period. I suggest the nominator withdraw this one.  PK  T (alk)  15:16, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Per nom, also lacks alot of sources. I googled his name and found nothing, so yeah, not notable. IronKnuckle (talk) 15:51, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Try adding the word Manitoba to your Google searches, IronKnuckle, and you will see coverage in reliable sources.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  21:32, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * There are now three solid references in the article, including two I added.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  01:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep As mentioned by the first two: The article clearly meets WP:POLITICIAN. Article deletion would be uncalled for as stated in the guideline, should consensus be away from keep redirecting to their group or one of the elections suffices. John F. Lewis (talk) 18:46, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep and WP:SNOW close WP:POLITICIAN clearly states "provincial legislature". The Canadian political system is perhaps little difficult to understand but MLA's are essentially the equivalent of the US House of Representatives (Governors and Senators). Mkdw talk 01:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Or, more accurately, members of a state legislature (also a position that's notable enough to constitute an automatic keep.) Bearcat (talk) 16:29, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 06:20, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Manitoba-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 06:20, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep - Member of the provincial legislature. We're done. Carrite (talk) 01:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Proper sourcing is, of course, always needed on Wikipedia — but as already noted, members of a provincial legislature in Canada (and members of a state legislature in the US) are always notable enough for inclusion whether you think their own individual record of accomplishment constituted something uniquely notable or not. And the sourcing has been improved since nomination, and can quite easily be still further improved — we are not limited to web-published content for referencing, but can dig into print-only content as well, so one person's failure to find referencing that's specifically available via Google does not override WP:POLITICIAN. Keep. Bearcat (talk) 16:29, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep and speedy close. Just another transparently futile nomination from a recently arrived SPA with an agenda conflicting with the article subject's politics. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 22:22, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
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