Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/José Luis Oliva Meza


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The result was   keep. Spartaz Humbug! 03:41, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

José Luis Oliva Meza

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From a google search, I cannot find anything showing him to be a notable public official. I do not know of any other sources that would show anything notable about him. I also have concerns about verifiability, the article does not even have a date or place of birth for him. Metaphorazine (talk) 07:33, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep if reliable sources can be found. Article states he was mayor of Veracruz, a city of 444,000 people.  If true, he meets our notability standard for politicians.  It would be good if a Spanish speaking editor could look for sources.  It is possible that Veracruz newspapers from the 1990s are not available through Google News Archives. Cullen328 (talk) 20:13, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment The website of a Veracruz publication (newspaper?) called Elgolfo.info described him on February 5, 2010, as a "distinguished entrepeneur from the radio industry" according to a Google translation. Cullen328 (talk) 01:21, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I must admit I'm not intimately familiar with the notability criteria for politicians, but from the page on biographies of living persons I thought it wasn't enough simply to have been an elected member to satisfy notability. I have posted to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mexico, perhaps members of this project could bring forward some sources? Metaphorazine (talk) 06:35, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * keep. Notability_(people) states "Generally speaking, mayors of cities of at least regional importance are likely to meet this criterion". --Soman (talk) 11:51, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: It seems we have possible 2 different ppl with the same name. The article initially talked about a political figure in the 1930s. http://www.veracruz.contralinea.com.mx/archivo/2005/enero/html/prensa.htm mentions him as a member of the Veracruz Legislative (and thus notable, "who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office"). --Soman (talk) 11:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are 2 persons with same name, both members of the Veracruz legislative, http://www.legisver.gob.mx/gaceta/gacetaLX/GACETA023.pdf . Googling problem solved if second last name is spellt "Mesa". --Soman (talk) 12:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:32, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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