Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Beary


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The result was Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-18 08:40Z 

Kevin Beary

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Unnotable local law enforcement person from Florida. FGT2 17:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete borderline speedy does not assert notability. --Daniel J. Leivick 18:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. --Denoir 11:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I concur with above users. --Ozgod 01:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, prominent local government official in a major metropolitan county, which includes the Orlando area. --TommyBoy 22:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. --Bookworm857158367 03:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Heads a department with 1,217 sworn officers, a large enough force to qualify its chief for inclusion in Wikipedia in my opinion (I would consider any police chief who heads a force of several hundred or more to be notable). Perhaps those who have chosen to simply state "non-notable" would care to expand on their reasons for doing so? I have seen no good reasons put forward for deletion except unsupported assertions of non-notability. -- Necrothesp 03:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - meets the special cases criteria for notability as, "Major local political figures who receive (or received) significant press coverage. Just being an elected local official does not guarantee notability." Google search shows lots of local media coverage, especially in relation to accusations of corruption. - Mocko13 04:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep -- It's obviously a stub, so the full notability of this guy isn't in the article. But the top cop for a city that size is easily notable. I did a google search too, of "Kevin Beary"+"Orange County" and came up with 10,800 hits. Turns out he's quite controversial in them parts: Sheriff of the year, ethical allegations against him, questions over homeland security spending through his department, taser issues, etc., etc. Sites seem to range from CNN to angry blogs. Even if he wasn't controversial, he holds an office that has a profound influence in a large community and I'm sure whoever his predecessor was got plenty of media attention as well. Bobanny 05:14, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. He is the Sheriff of Orange County, FL, which includes much of the Orlando metropolitan area. The subject is notable enough for an article, altough it should probably be expanded. Even without all of the stuff that Bobanny mentions, I think that being the sheriff of such a large and important county is notable in and of itself. M412k 05:42, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The head of a department that size is certainly notable.EMT1871 14:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and merge into the orange county article in a section about the sherif's department, OR into a seperate article on the sherif department of orange county if one does exist. SGGH 15:04, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


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