Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Hughes IV


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 19:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Richard Hughes IV

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The subject has been mentioned in a few news, all local, but none of this coverage appears to be biographical in nature. He failed to win his party's nomination to a minor local office and served as an appointed member of an state board (whose other members all lack articles, or, indeed, mentions anywhere on Wikipedia). I don't believe he is yet notable. Dominic·t 03:49, 17 May 2011 (UTC) Dominic·t 03:49, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete because he fails WP:POLITICIAN as he has never been elected to a high office. However, the argument that he shouldn't have an article because other members of the state board he was a member of don't have articles is a weak argument.  If the post itself is notable, he deserves an article as do the other members.  The fact, in this case, is that the post is not notable enough, per WP:POLITICIAN, so none of the members of that board are notable simply because of their membership on that board. Cullen328 (talk) 04:53, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You're right that whether other board members have articles doesn't really have any bearing on whether they should or not. I was trying to express that holding the office does not itself suggest notability, but I did so clumsily. Dominic·t 05:25, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions.  — The-Pope (talk) 12:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  — The-Pope (talk) 12:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
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