Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Rae (2nd nomination)


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The result was Keep per WP:SNOW (non admin close).  D u s t i talk to me 19:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Jason Rae
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This was deleted a year back and has since been recreated. There appears to be a bit of coverage, but I don't know if the coverage he has received is non-trivial and shows notability. Is being a superdelegate notable and is being a particularly young one notable? I have no real opinion on this, but think it should be considered. Metros (talk) 13:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, am really tempted to say delete (what with the whole WP:AUTO deal), but the fact that he is the youngest superdelegate is notable, and there are sufficient sources. Fusion  Mix  13:40, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep: It's hard to deny that he passes WP:V going away.    RGTraynor  13:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep This individual has received a good deal of press coverage as the youngest person elected to the DNC and a young superdelegate. The article is well-sourced and will likely expand as his career develops. I looked for the article after seeing him on MSNBC and was glad to find it - did some organizing and improved the citations. I think this piece passes notability and verifiability tests and should not be removed.  Also have not seen convincing evidence that there are WP:AUTO violations - and even if there are, that's not a reason to delete the piece as long as other editors have come in to edit it and keep it neutral.  (Further on the content of the nom: surely PBS, MSNBC, CNN, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and ABC News are not trivial.) Tvoz | talk 14:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, I say keep for sure. This guy is really something - and serves as a great role model for young people - not just young gays either!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.140.35 (talk) 15:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I saw him on The Daily Show, looked up a news article, and then checked Wikipedia for more more information. I was glad there was something there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.195.57.235 (talk) 17:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable enough. Incidentally is it possible to remove the Jason Rae (musician) nomination from the box above? It's a bit confusing as it relates to an unrelated AFD that was resolved only a couple days ago. 23skidoo (talk) 18:16, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree about removing the musician AfD above - but I have no idea how to do it. Tvoz | talk 21:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. -- First, I feel his notability can't be questioned given the amount of media coverage he's received related to his political situation with the DNC.  Second, the COI issues need to be addressed with the article by someone who wants to do some research.  I went through and cleaned out stuff that was unencyclopedic trivia he likely added himself as the only source (like the fact that he's an RA in his school's dorm or that few Wisconsinites become Senate Pages), but some of the stuff that is more encyclopedic needs to be vetted for factuality with sources, like his status as HS valedictorian and role in HS student council, etc. or his role on numerous politician staffs.  But in total, he meets our criteria for notability.  ju66l3r (talk) 20:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong keep Notable enough. archanamiya  ·  talk  21:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep for being a person with plenty of media coverage. If I understand right, most superdelegates are notable.  However, it's because many notable people (lots of elected officials) are chosen to be superdelegates; being a superdelegate doesn't automatically make you notable.  Nyttend (talk) 23:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment I think this debate should be closed. It's obvious that this article shouldn't be deleted. archanamiya  ·  talk  23:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Rewrite Needs somebody to go through it and remove pointless stuff, but like it or not he's notable. YixilTesiphon Say helloBe shallow 00:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * strong keep silly nomination. 67.171.32.217 (talk) 04:34, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


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