Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary M. Collins


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 04:47, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Gary M. Collins

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For one, Collins fails WP:POLITICIAN. He does sit on the Republican Party's Baltimore committee (in a city where no more than 10% of residents vote Republican), but that's not an especially significant position. For another, the sourcing is quite poor. Of the six links provided, five barely mention him, and one of them is a blog, which is not a reliable source. The sixth is a longer article and is about him, but it's from a local paper (one-quarter the circulation of the Baltimore Sun, which tellingly makes no mention of him), and one article in a local paper hardly makes for the "multiple published secondary sources" demanded by WP:BIO. The press loves putting out "really young politician" stories once in a while, but neither Collins' position nor his level of coverage rise to an encyclopedic level. - Biruitorul Talk 21:16, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per Biruitorul as he fails WP:POLITICIAN. Cullen328 (talk) 08:01, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:48, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete I'm not even sure what the GOP Baltimore Committee is. Does not pass WP:Politician.  One of the articles goes decently in depth about him, but I don't think it quite rises to the level of passing WP:GNG given that the position isn't a government position.  Sailsbystars (talk) 01:07, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, as he's only run for office one and hasn't been newsworthy for anything outside of the election, that would make this article a WP:BLP1E. Sailsbystars (talk) 01:11, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
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