Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helen Purcell


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Lourdes  05:15, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Helen Purcell

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Delete. WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as an officeholder at the county level, which is not a level of office that gets a person over WP:NPOL -- and the one thing here that might make her more notable than the norm for a county recorder, the controversy around long lines in the primaries, still just makes her a WP:BLP1E. While her name can certainly be mentioned in United States presidential election in Arizona, 2016, this is not grounds for a standalone BLP of her as a person separately from that. Bearcat (talk) 08:15, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep: This is Maricopa County, home of the rather infamous sheriff Joe Arpaio; this is a hotbed of anti-immigrant and very newsworthy conservative political action.  The stuff happening there has national coverage.   Montanabw (talk) 09:07, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The event has national coverage; that coverage is not about her in a substantive enough manner to make her a suitable topic for a standalone BLP separate from the article on the event. Notability is not inherited, so the fact that it's Maricopa County does not entitle her to special treatment different from the way we would handle this if it were any other county in the United States. Bearcat (talk) 18:41, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America1000 12:33, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. North America1000 12:33, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kansas-related deletion discussions. North America1000 12:33, 28 September 2016 (UTC)


 * keep local or not, the subject is getting national coverage which more than satisfies WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:00, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * It makes her a WP:BLP1E who should be covered in the article on the event rather than having a separate standalone BLP as a separate standalone topic. Bearcat (talk) 18:41, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I count at least three primary events of note in addition to the supporting information.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:03, 29 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep: clearly meets WP:GNG. Coverage is much more than just one event. Hmlarson (talk) 16:16, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: Yeah, she's kind of like Kim Davis (county clerk) only not quite that notorious.  More than BIO1E   Montanabw (talk) 23:08, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. MB298 (talk) 18:22, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


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