Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph H. Vicari


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The result was delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:16, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Joseph H. Vicari

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Non-notable local politician. Fails WP:POLITICIAN Rusf10 (talk) 12:37, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 12:49, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 12:50, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment. There seems to be a lot of news coverage about him. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:48, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Local News coverage, not something that establishes notability.--Rusf10 (talk) 14:07, 25 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. Politicians at the county level of office are not automatically deemed to pass WP:NPOL #2 just because some local news coverage happens to exist — news coverage always exists for all county or municipal councillors in their local media, so there would never be any such thing as a non-notable local politician anymore. To be considered notable at this level of office, rather, he would need to show nationalizing coverage indicating that his notability extended beyond just his own county, and/or have preexisting notability for other reasons (such as having served in the state or federal legislatures, or being notable in another field.) But nothing here passes that test — and as far as I can tell, the article seems to exist more as an attack piece over his pay package and a civil lawsuit, rather than to actually demonstrate his notability as a politician. Using a Wikipedia article to attack a county councillor on his personal ethics is a WP:PERP violation, because he was never declared guilty of a crime, so that is not valid grounds on which to deem him significantly more notable than most other county councillors. Bearcat (talk) 15:50, 27 April 2019 (UTC)


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