Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy LaSalvia


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The result was   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:39, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Jimmy LaSalvia

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Delete - self-promotional article (probably) written by the subject User:Jmlasalvia. Coverage in reliable sources is in the form of identifying LaSalvia for the purposes of attributing quotes to him and are not significantly about LaSalvia. The Wall Street Journal article is about the formation of GOProud and the MetroWeekly article is about the group's appearance at a conservative conference. This is insufficient to establish notability under either WP:N or WP:BLP. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 16:29, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to GOProud; maybe add "founded by Jimmy LaSalvia, a former whatever-position for the LCR," but the rest of the information isn't important. Roscelese (talk) 19:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep assuming it's true he founded the group, and it's a major organization, strikes me he's notable VASterling (talk) 15:18, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know of anyone who thinks that GOProud is a "major organization". They're looked at as a joke. Regardless, notability isn't inherited so the notability of the group doesn't make LaSalvia notable by extension. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 21:02, 15 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:35, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep : Widespread coverage in news sources; passes WP:GNG. -- Cycl o pia talk  22:27, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * You do understand that simply being quoted in a news story that is not about him doesn't constitute significant coverage, right? Google hits are not a measure of notability. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 22:58, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Last time I checked, WP:GNG says: Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material.  The two sources cited in the article surely do more than a trivial mention of LaSalvia. And I didn't link the Gnews results to give mere hits: I presented it because it contains more articles that talk about LaSalvia, like or |+Rand+Paul+says+he+fully+supports+Mitch+McConnell%E2%80%A6+sort+of. -- Cycl o pia  talk  23:05, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * And the last time I checked, simply being identified for the purposes of being quoted did not constitute significant coverage. Are You The Cow Of Pain? (talk) 18:02, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * He is quoted repeatedly, at length and in depth, at least. It seems that his opinion is notable. -- Cycl o pia talk  20:25, 19 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per Cyclopia. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 04:05, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
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