Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Traynham


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The result was withdrawn by nominator. John254 01:02, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Robert Traynham

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This is a autobiography written in a self-promotional tone by. John254 16:15, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Autobiographies are discouraged, there is a COI here and this man fails the notability guidelines for people.  NA SC AR Fan 24 (radio me!) 17:06, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Strangely enough, the reasons why this individual is notable do not appear in the article but need to -- he was the subject of national attention in 2005 when he was outed as a gay man working as the chief spokesperson for Rick Santorum, who is "one of the strongest opponents of gay civil rights in Congress" (read about it here, among other places.  He's also a "founding member of the Congressional Black Republication Organization" and was "the youngest staff member ever to work full-time at the White House." (Found here.)  And from the same source, "For the past five years, Roll Call Newspaper has named Mr. Traynham as one of the “50 Most Powerful Staffers on Capitol Hill."  He might be the most powerful unelected African-American gay man in U.S. politics.  I'm going to spend a few minutes to add this material to the article.  Accounting4Taste 20:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Symbol_keep_vote.svg|15px]] Keep per Accounting4Taste. Definitely a quality candidate. GlassCobra (Review) 03:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


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