Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Allen Raymond


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The result was   keep. according to the consensus  DGG ( talk ) 06:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Richard Allen Raymond

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Non-notable food safety civil servant, who has been routinely interviewed by the media as part of his work. No significant coverage in reliable independent sources. Claritas § 17:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - I would argue that being undersecretary is sufficient to meet the "national office" requirement for notability at WP:POLITICIAN; however, I know some may disagree, but I think there are enough references provided on the man in the article to establish independent notability. かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 17:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:41, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Holder of a senior position of a U.S. federal agency that required nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate, not a "civil servant" job. It does not improve the encyclopedia in any way to delete information about people who hold important public offices like this one. --Arxiloxos (talk) 06:26, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I agree with the points made above. Individual is notable based on the office(s) he has held and the decisions he has made. Article could use some improvement though. HeartSWild (talk) 14:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non-notable civil servant position, no assertion of notability. Routine interviews only, per nom. Tarc (talk) 15:10, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete / Merge (to Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety). A couple of press announcements do not a biography make, and there's no sources pre-dating his appointment. The details about food safety seem to belong as well or better in some article about recent US food safety. Rd232 talk 11:01, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Undersecretary positions can be fairly big deals. This one doesn't appear to be, but I can see reasonable arguments for keeping or merging. A decent quality stub like this does no harm to the encyclopedia. Ray  Talk 15:59, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
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