Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gordon Kahn (gay rights activist)


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 14:45, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Gordon Kahn (gay rights activist)

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No claim of notability. JDDJS (talk) 06:41, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
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 * Weak delete - this article was originally built around Kahn as an activist related to his attempt to marry his partner, which I voiced on the talk page at the time seemed a WP:BLP1E matter. It was recently recast by someone with an apparent conflict of interest to be about him as an architect, with links to several articles and claims of others (the article as it stands has been pared down a fair bit by me, due to strong WP:PROMO and lack of sources). However, the articles linked to were passing mentions, or using Khan to comment on someone else. The New York Times piece now used as reference has about five sentences on him... without mentioning his activism or his architect status, so it just seems to be a random example local. Having said all that, he is credited as appearing on an episode of the DIY Network show Million Dollar Contractor, and I have not yet sought to check if there is significant material about him in the episode, or if he's just brought in in passing to comment on something else. --Nat Gertler (talk) 13:51, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  15:19, 5 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - he was not a participant in any LGBT rights rallies, nor of the major litigation involving marriage equality in New York. Unless somebody can find and add reliable sources to such claims, he's just not notable. He is cited nowhere in Same-sex marriage in New York or any of its sources.  I have never heard of him. Bearian (talk) 21:46, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I looked at his Facebook page and we have some acquaintances in common, one of whom is Sean Patrick Mahoney. Bearian (talk) 22:20, 10 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete, probably a nice guy, but he doesn't seem to have the profile required in the media to meet WP:BIO. Lankiveil (speak to me) 23:50, 13 September 2014 (UTC).
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