Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Kennedy (rancher)


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The result was delete. North America1000 07:06, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

George Kennedy (rancher)

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Where is the WP:N? Father of a Secretary of the Treasury, so what? Article mention he was a legislator. From where? For how long? No sources to indicate notability or to back the infos that are already there. Delete. Coltsfan (talk) 22:02, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep It doesn't seem like you've read WP:POLITICIAN. As a member of the Utah state legislature, he is notable. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:11, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * And you should read WP:V. Coltsfan (talk) 23:33, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * In your nomination rationale, you asked where is the N? "Article mention (sic) he was a legislator. From where? For how long?" I'm pointing out that the duration of his term in office is besides the point. As for verifiability, the most I've been able to ascertain online is that someone matching his name was a "doorkeeper" for the Utah state house, which for all I know could be an employee of the house rather than an elected official, as in this federal example. The article does have a source which is said to back up the claim, and the policy WP:SOURCEACCESS states that we are not to reject offline sources but rather WP:AGF. That said, I can't see contesting this Afd on such weak grounds so I withdraw my !vote. If someone else can verify that this fellow was indeed elected to the statehouse, I guess I'd return to keep. But the vagueness of the claim "legislator" does make me think that he was simply employed by the house, at most. Support Shawn in Montreal (talk) 00:38, 26 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment: it's tough weeding out references to the actor... FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  12:55, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's not clear from the article how this is possibly notable, and I can't find anything after a Google search.  All I can find are references to his son David, and being the parent of someone notable is not notable. Shelbystripes (talk) 21:48, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:13, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:13, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Unless somebody can locate proper confirmation that he was actually a member of the Utah state legislature, as things stand right now it does indeed look like somebody either misrepresented or misunderstood the distinction between a member of the legislature and an employee of the legislature — and nothing else claimed here entitles him to an exemption from having to pass WP:GNG on the volume and quality of reliable source coverage, which a namecheck on one page of one book does not demonstrate. So I'm willing to reconsider this if somebody can WP:HEY it up with better referencing to properly verify that he was actually a state legislator, but in this state it's a delete. Bearcat (talk) 18:22, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per lack of verifiability; see this official website. Bearian (talk) 13:13, 1 June 2016 (UTC) Pinging, no relation, and . Bearian (talk) 13:15, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as by far nothing at all for actual independent notability. SwisterTwister   talk  21:47, 1 June 2016 (UTC)


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