Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of political figures of Upstate New York


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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 16:30, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

List of political figures of Upstate New York

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Unsourced WP:LISTCRUFT with no set criteria for inclusion. Appears to be a list of who the creator personally believes to be important political figures GPL93 (talk) 11:48, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 11:48, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 11:48, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 11:48, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. North America1000 16:15, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete as WP:OR and unsourced listcruft. Highway 89 (talk) 17:32, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment my question on this is the same as in a similar AfD a few days ago. If Upstate New York is notable and the contents of the list are all bluelinked, what is the rationale for deletion? It’s not OR that the individuals listed are from upstate NY, so what’s the urgency in getting rid of this? Mccapra (talk) 21:26, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * That's not really a reason for keeping the list, either. I'd argue that all of the Upstate New York lists are WP:LISTCRUFT, but for this list the subjectivity of the criteria for inclusion is the main reason why it should be deleted. Its not a list of politicians from Upstate New York (in which case a category would be more appropriate, anyway), but "political figures". Even who is and is not from Upstate New York is disputable, given that there is no clear consensus on where Downstate ends and where Upstate begins. Best, GPL93 (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment. Have we reached out to ? Bearian (talk) 21:20, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Bearian I notified Don Argus jr of both AfDs but it appears he is a rather infrequent editor so I am unsure if he will see them. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:29, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete unsourced indiscriminate list.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:40, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, unsourced list, criteria unclear. There must be hundreds if not thousands of notable politicians from that region. Picking the most important ones was likely a WP:OR process, and it's unlikely we're going to find an authoritative NPOV independent RS for this sort of a selection.  Daß &thinsp;  Wölf  03:07, 10 August 2019 (UTC)


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