Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M. Courtney Watson


 * 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. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:46, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

M. Courtney Watson

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Article fails Notability - WP:Politician Subject has never held Statewide Office, as well as WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV - Press coverage is all local and trivial. WP:PROD removed without explanation. MilaPedia (talk) 08:00, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:40, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:40, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

A banner was posted using the “proposed deletion/dated format, with concern = Article fails Notability - WP:Politician Subject has never held Statewide Office”
 * Keep Nine articles regarding Howard County Executives/Commissioners/Councilmen have been recommended for deletion based on not meeting only one of the three polices in WP:Politician by User:MilaPedia with an account created 9 August 2013.

WP:Politition states- 1.	Politicians and judges who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature. This also applies to those who have been elected to such offices but have not yet been sworn in. 2.	Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage. 3.	Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article". In the case of candidates for political office who do not meet this guideline, the general rule is to redirect to an appropriate page covering the election or political office sought in lieu of deletion. Relevant material from the biographical article can be merged into the election or political office page if appropriate.

The banner stated - If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason. Although not required, you are encouraged to explain why you object to the deletion, either in your edit summary or on the talk page. If this template is removed, do not replace it

Following the specific instructions, the concern was met by meeting section 3 of WP:POLITICIAN by additionally citing each article from a book, in addition to existing citations. The notation was marked in the summary, and the AFS tag removed as instructed. The following entry was posted on MilaPedia’s talk - Thank you MilaPedia for your efforts to make sure all new articles related specifically to Howard County Elected Officials are to be deleted. The articles are works in progress, however each has been significantly cited from a variety of sources which meet criteria #3 of WP Politician (listed below). Some of the articles recommended for deletion are politicians that have also sought higher office and are also notable for their influence in their respective fields. In addition, the guidance clearly states alternatives to AFD "deletion" as a first step. I hope you will direct your future efforts toward expanding and improving these articles with accurate information and relevant citations.

Recommendations were given in Lieu of deletion. Six of the same articles were recommended for deletion again August 14, 2013 with the following notation – "Article fails Notability - WP:Politician Subject has never held Statewide Office, as well as WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV - Press coverage is all local and trivial. WP:PROD removed without explanation." Each article is in progress, and has been well-cited by a variety of sources, and extra care has been taken to exclude the extensive amount of voting history and procedure that may be considered trivial or not independent of the subject. Although notability is subjective, each is relevant in the history of a rural county that became one of the 10 wealthiest counties in America during their terms and provides supporting information to historical articles. Notification was provided to the user, and noted in summaries. The AFD’s recommended are very specific with similar articles in the same categories not facing the same scrutiny, such as Janet S. Owens or Calvin Ball, III. FlugKerl (talk) 15:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails notability. Apparently someone believes that being a county executive/board member qualifies people to have a page of their own.  Lack of any references where the person is named as anything other then "candidate" or simply listed as holding said office.  In fact for at least a couple the only articles about the person is their obituary.  Caffeyw (talk) 16:21, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * * In this particular (stub) article, no obituary was used for a source, just 6 newspaper articles, one book, and five websites. Courtney Watson is alive as of July 2013. FlugKerl (talk) 18:08, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - For some strange reason, "Caffeyw" decided to post the above, exact, same "delete" vote in 6 AfDs all over the course of 2 minutes time. Something odd seems to be up with this user IMHO. Guy1890 (talk) 08:46, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Replied. Now, everyone: stop copy-pasting your comments. Mysterious Whisper 12:54, 16 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - Being a local office holder does not confer notability. Any hits are purely trivial in nature. ie listed as running for office, or listed as being the office holder.  Nothing to show how they where notable. Caffeyw (talk) 09:18, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Please stop multiple voting in numerous AfDs. Guy1890 (talk) 22:20, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
 * You complained that my "vote" earlier shouldn't count because it was copy/pasted. This despite the subject being similar (county executives in Maryland) and having the same issues (non-notability).  It was requested I reply with a clear vote to overcome the problem some have with copy/paste.  I've thus done as requested.  I'd point out that nothing has been given to support keeping, so far the only issue has been the fact I copy/pasted.  Caffeyw (talk) 03:58, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * "It was requested I reply with a clear vote to overcome the problem some have with copy/paste. I've thus done as requested." No one has requested that you do anything of the kind. Please move on...your edits here are becoming borderline disruptive IMHO. I have no opinion on whether the article in question should be deleted or not. Guy1890 (talk) 04:17, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:33, 31 August 2013 (UTC)




 * Strong Delete Simply not notable enough and fails WP:POLITICIAN. She is one of 5 representatives, where are their articles. Very minor coverage outside council business. scope_creep talk 16:47, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak delete or merge per WP:BARE, WP:TNT, and WP:UPANDCOMING. I think this woman barely passes GNG.  Normally, local politicians are just not notable, but they can be.  There are a few potential sources that could be added to show notability, and in this case, she's been "in the news."  However, the article is such a mess that it may be better to delete this, and to start later, when her notability may be more established.  A temporary redirect to her town's article may also be an easy way to settle the issue, while saving the "history" of the article. Bearian (talk) 17:32, 6 September 2013 (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.