Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kathleen M. Long


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The result was delete. Geschichte (talk) 08:55, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Kathleen M. Long

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This is a resume of a minor government official that's been turned into an article. The sourcing in the article mostly pads the resume and I was unable to find reliable and verifiable sources in a Google search that would support a claim of notability with in-depth coverage. Alansohn (talk) 14:03, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Alansohn (talk) 14:03, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Alansohn (talk) 14:03, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  14:45, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep and rename: I ran across this person because of separate research on COVID-19 responses by local governments, and I was surprised that the person who in effect serves as the deputy mayor of New Jersey's third largest city did not have a Wikipedia entry. I was also surprised to see that the Wikipedia entry for Paterson, New Jersey did not even have updated information to include her. "Kathleen Long" appears in numerous newspaper articles weekly, and it appears that she often serves as the chief spokesman of the municipal government in Paterson and the point of contact for government operations. For instance, a recent Google search gave the following results showing six newspaper articles in the last three weeks alone. I also noticed that she attends every city council meeting as a representative of the city administration, and is all over the city's YouTube page. Perhaps it would be better to change from Kathleen M. Long to Kathleen Long (New Jersey) or something similar to that, because there is already a main page for the English pianist Kathleen Long? --Vlaams243 15:38, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete deputy mayors of virtually no city anywhere are notable. Paterson, New Jersey is clearly not one of the rare exceptions to this rule, and Long is clearly not even close to being notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:53, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Oaktree b (talk) 00:29, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:59, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Deputy mayor of a city is not a position that gets a person into Wikipedia in and of itself — even actual mayors aren't automatically guaranteed Wikipedia articles just for existing — but the quality, depth and range of sourcing shown here is not enough to make her the exception to the rule. Bearcat (talk) 22:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:TNT and WP:OR. We do not publish interviews and original research. If an attempt was made to fix it, I would re-consider. Bearian (talk) 21:36, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete falls well short of NPOL. Best, GPL93 (talk) 17:10, 12 January 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.