Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orlando Sanchez (politician)


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The result was no consensus. This is an evergreen topic of the city councils delegates. We can never agree on which cities provide notability for their councellors, and Houston is apparently on the borderline, as attested by 2:3 split of votes.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:22, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Orlando Sanchez (politician)

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promotional article for current candidate. There is no precent that membership in the houston city council is notable, and everything else is routine political coverage.  DGG ( talk ) 01:24, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * delete a local city council candidate could never meet Notability except in truly exceptional circumstances which this doesn't rise to BlueSalix (talk) 04:10, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * He's not "a local city council candidate"; he's an actual city councillor whose current candidacy is a re-election campaign for an office he already holds. Bearcat (talk) 18:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 30 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep as subject is an elected official, not simply a candidate, and makes a viable claim to notability as "the first Latino immigrant to be elected to a county-wide non-judicial office in Harris County", the third most populous county in the United States. Current position as County Treasurer is equivalent to New York City Comptroller. - 17:36, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, Houston — population 2.6 million, and fully recognized and properly sourced as having global city status — is large enough to extend notability to its city councillors under WP:NPOL. The cities that are specifically named in WP:POLOUTCOMES are just representative examples, not a comprehensive list of all eligible cities — the actual criterion itself does apply to other cities of comparable status which haven't been named in that summary. And the article is adequately sourced, to boot. Keep. Bearcat (talk) 18:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Former councillor of a major international city, Treasurer of the third-most populous county in the US and significant coverage in reliable sources about all aspects of his career. Easily passes WP:POLITICIAN. Tiller54 (talk) 14:24, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
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