Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John C. Tkazyik


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The result was   keep. Tone 17:33, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

John C. Tkazyik

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I can't find significant coverage for this mayor. Joe Chill (talk) 23:14, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Keep. He's mayor of Poughkeepsie, New York, a major Hudson Valley municipality, and as such has received voluminous local coverage, mainly the Poughkeepsie Journal and other local newspapers and news organizations that are not in the Google News orbit. Thus he easily meets WP:POLITICIAN, which explicitly states that mayors tend to fall into the inclusion criteria. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 17:26, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * How does him getting coverage in a city that he is a mayor in make him notable? Joe Chill (talk) 17:27, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't believe WP:POLITICIAN requires coverage in out-of-town or non-regioonal newspapers. If it does, and I don't read it that way, you'd be correct that this mayor, like most mayors of even fairly large cities, would not warrant inclusion in Wikipedia. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 17:33, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * If everyone read it that way, every politician would have an article. Joe Chill (talk) 17:36, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No, unelected politicians are excluded, but every person elected mayor in a city with a media outlet? Possibly, and I don't think that's the worst thing in the world. I get the impression that every video game and rap musician and every TV character gets a Wiki article. More adult subject matter, if reasonably justified, is not a bad thing necessarily. In this case, let's not forget that Poughkeepsie is a city of high regional importance. --JohnnyB256 (talk) 17:40, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Keep: Meets WP:POLITICIAN number 2. --Fbifriday (talk) 23:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep per WP:POLITICIAN number 2, but needs more outside coverage. Doc Quintana (talk) 00:27, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Mayor of a fairly major city; likely passes WP:POLITICIAN, though I agree that coverage in outside sources is light. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:32, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
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