Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ritchie Torres


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) buffbills7701 21:05, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Ritchie Torres

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Article about a candidate in the New York City Council elections, 2013, created as soon as he won the Democratic primary in his council district and making no substantive claim that he's notable enough to already have an encyclopedia article. Per WP:POLITICIAN, a candidate is generally not entitled to an article until he wins the election, unless you can provide properly sourced evidence that he's already notable for something more (e.g. as a writer, as an athlete, etc.) than just his candidacy itself — while you might be able to make a legitimate case that a candidate for a statewide office, such as senator or governor, would be notable enough for an article just for being a candidate, that's not true of candidates for city council seats, and no real evidence has been provided that he's notable for anything more than his candidacy itself. Delete, albeit without prejudice against recreation on November 5 if he wins. Bearcat (talk) 02:28, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I believe the existing coverage is sufficient for a stub article per WP:GNG. There's enough coverage of him as a person outside of discussing the race he's running. – Muboshgu (talk) 12:09, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how that's true; every single source in the article is specifically about his candidacy. If you can add other sources which prove that he's gotten substantial coverage for other things, the article might certainly become more keepable — but in the current version of the article, there's not a single source which suggests anything other than his candidacy itself as a notability claim. Bearcat (talk) 01:19, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Keep this! Ritchie is HISTORIC. He is very likely to be the first openly gay elected official in the Bronx. He will continue to make headlines when elected. This article should be expanded, not deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcdirk (talk • contribs) 14:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:18, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:18, 26 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep In addition to the news coverage that he has already received, Torres won the primary, which means he will get the City Council seat. In all, given the size of the city, I think he squeaks through WP:POLITICIAN. Coretheapple (talk) 16:51, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


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