Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Eddington


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Rough consensus to keep, mentioned in several reliable sources. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  11:08, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Jack Eddington

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Non-notable local politician. No real indication that he has any notability beyond the local area. TexasAndroid (talk) 02:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 02:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 02:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Niteshift36 (talk) 08:39, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes two of three tenants of WP:POLITICIAN. --Spydrwomyn (talk) 02:55, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

will revise article on Jack Eddington to reflect more references to indicate outside coverage on issues by reliable independent sources.-- 14:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polyphemus5000 (talk • contribs)

Suffolk County, NY is part of the New York City metro area and contains over 1.5 million people. The Suffolk Legislature is at the forefront of providing creative policies and innovative ideas to deal with the unique challenges faced by a densely populated area that is unique environmentally due to being located on a island with direct exposure to severe natural hazards, and due to being situated over a Federally-designated sole source acquifer. The Suffolk County Legislature is regularly covered on nightly news on the four major news networks in New York City - ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. As such, the governing body of the County, the Suffolk County Legislature, is influential over a geographical area containing close to 10 million people. The County Executive, Steve Levy, has a Wiki entry, as well as another County Legislator .--Spydrwomyn (talk) 01:38, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS isn't an argument for keeping. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:11, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. The point was about notability.--Spydrwomyn (talk) 03:31, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Any Suffolk County Legislator passes second two tenants of WP:POLITICIAN--Spydrwomyn (talk) 01:43, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No. County governments aren't first level. They are second level in the US. State govt. is first level. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:14, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * See edit. Sorry for typo. --Spydrwomyn (talk) 03:31, 17 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep This raises a interesting issue, the "reliable secondary sources" is the NY Times, and there are several articles about him. But if you look outside of publications from New York, you do not find anything about this guy.  Even though the NY Times is a huge source of material, in this case it just the same as a hometown newspaper.  WP:LOCALINT addresses this, but as of right now it is just a proposal.  Without WP:LOCALINT we have to base this on WP:POLITICIAN, he does have significant reliable secondary sources, so we should keep it for now.  Click23 (talk) 17:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep --AuthorityTam (talk) 18:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
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