Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jackie Clarkson


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The result was KEEP, no dispute that WP:GNG is satisfied, and WP:POLITICIAN is conclusively met by her tenure in the Louisiana House of Representatives. postdlf (talk) 21:38, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Jackie Clarkson

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Wikipedia is not an election soapbox. Being a city council member, the subject does not appear to have the customary level of notability/status for a WP article. Ohconfucius ¡digame! 06:26, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Her candidacy added with her daughter's fame makes her notable enough for an article. -- Evans1982 (talk) 07:30, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable. 11coolguy12 (talk) 10:19, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Notability is NOTINHERITED, so it doesn't matter who her daughter is. She doesn't seem to pass WP:POLITICIAN as she hasn't held any post above city office. Yunshui (talk) 10:22, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:POLITICIAN isn't met as far as I can see - she was a district councillor.  I can't see that a redirect to her daughter's article would be of any use. Colon el  Tom 12:21, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Longtime well-known New Orleans figure (former state legislator, city council president, highly visible activist) on her own merits.  Article has sources, plenty of additional coverage is available, she passes WP:GNG and (as a former state legislator) unambiguously passes WP:POLITICIAN. However, the current article is out of date and its tone is inappropriately promotional (the version in place before January 2010 was less so), and I would also have no problem with cutting down the long list of local election results. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:07, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: I've updated the lede; the article needs work and more citations but I think notability is established.--Arxiloxos (talk) 19:25, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions.  —Arxiloxos (talk) 19:25, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Arxiloxos (talk) 19:25, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep As a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives she does meet WP:POLITICIAN. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:00, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Arxiloxos and Mark Arsten--Cavarrone (talk) 20:38, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.