Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Warren Belluck


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Nakon 04:48, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Joseph Warren Belluck

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None of the references are substantially about him, so he does not meet the notability requirement.  DGG ( talk ) 15:21, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. Has received negligible, perhaps no, coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject, even though there is considerable non-independent coverage.  North of Eden (talk) 02:02, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk  10:10, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Do Not Delete. Greetings, I did several searches with name variations and there were a lot more sources showing up on Google. From the initial comments it seemed like only this search: "Joseph Warren Belluck", was considered. Furthermore,Belluck is part of the SUNY Board of Trustees and plays other important roles in the New York community. Please reconsider and do not delete this page. Nwerner1 (talk) 13:16, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note Nwerner1 has canvassed other editors to vote Keep. --Neil N  talk to me 13:49, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * invited me here and I appreciate it because I comment on discussions related to SUNY.
 * I am unable to evaluate this. Nwerner1, are you familiar enough with this article to identify the 2-3 best references among those cited? To keep this article, the easiest argument to make is that that this person has been featured as the subject of 2-3 media pieces. I am not seeing any of these media pieces feature this person as the subject.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  13:53, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi, here are some references: Even though the pieces are not specifically about Belluck, they do show how important and notable he is in New York. Nwerner1 (talk) 14:53, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2015/07/16/gov-cuomo-continues-to-bring-in-money-from-donors-with-education-ties/#.VcTCIPlViko
 * http://www.alternet.org/education/suny-charter-chair-we-wont-authorize-more-schools-without-more-funding
 * http://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2014/11/suny-board-of-trustees-approves-tuition-increase
 * As you might expect, Wikipedia addresses these situations routinely. All articles on Wikipedia have to meet WP:N. One way to meet N is to meet WP:GNG, which is the guideline about finding 2-3 sources that have the Wikipedia article's subject as their subject. The articles you shared are not meeting this, and I hope you agree that this is easy to see. The other way to meet N is to meet one of the special exceptions. Some exceptions which might apply in this case are Notability_(academics) or WP:ANYBIO. Based on what I see this person is unlikely to qualify for an exception (people rarely do), and this article is likely to be judged for deletion based on whether the 2-3 articles are found. Maybe 99% of Wikipedia articles are judged in this way by GNG. If you do not have more information, then I expect this will be deleted. Thoughts?  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  15:25, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the clarification. Please give me a few days to see if I can find anything else that can prove notability.Nwerner1 (talk) 17:59, 7 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I was canvassed to come and vote keep by Nwerner1. I believe this article should be deleted for failure to meet WP:BIO. The sources are not about Mr. Belluck specifically. Stifle (talk) 08:01, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I apologize for canvassing, my intention was to let other users know about this action, users who could be interested and know more about the topic. I'm fairly new in wikipedia and did not know it was frowned upon. I won't do this again. Nwerner1 (talk) 14:11, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article does not state how the subject is notable in any way. He's held some city positions, but so have hundreds of thousands of people through the US. I don't see how he is different than any of the rest. --Cagepanes (talk) 02:17, 11 August 2015 (UTC)


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