Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Galvin


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The result was delete. Mifter (talk) 23:58, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Scott Galvin

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Delete. WP:BLP, with some résumé overtones and created by the subject himself in contravention of our conflict of interest rules, of a person notable only as a city councillor in a city of just 58K. The closest thing to a "more notable than the norm for a city councillor" hook here is that he was the first officeholder in his own county to come out as gay, but being the first member of an underrepresented minority to hold an otherwise non-notable office is not an automatic notability freebie on Wikipedia -- there would be a case for inclusion if it had made him the first out LGBT officeholder in the entire United States, and maybe even if it had made him the first in the entire state of Florida, but not if his "pioneering" status is limited to a single county or city. And for referencing, all we actually have here is a single primary source (his councilmember's profile on the city's website) rather than reliable source coverage about him in media. For a city councillor in a city this size to clear WP:NPOL, he needs to be sourceable to more than just routine local coverage as notable for more than just the fact of serving on city council -- but there's no real evidence that he meets that standard. Bearcat (talk) 15:30, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:31, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:31, 18 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Exemplo347 (talk) 17:23, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:POLITICIAN, elected local official lacking national or international press coverage, beyond the scope of what would ordinarily be expected for their role. See specific example in WP:POLOUTCOMES - "a small-town mayor or city councillor who was the first LGBT person ever elected to office in their country" not just in their county! Jack N. Stock (talk) 17:45, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Beyond that the article says they were "perhaps" the first. The sourcing on it shows no one has bothered looking to be sure. That would almost be a case of Wikipedia not being news.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:04, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Unfortunately Galvin is not notable simply for being "perhaps" the first gay councillor in his county. He fails WP:NPOL. AusLondonder (talk) 22:41, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete lack of good sourcing. Members of city councils of this size are not notable. When one of the attempts to claim he is notable is modified by "perhaps" it shows that this is not an important enough issue for people to care enough whether he is really the first one, showing it is not really a notable issue.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:03, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with Bearcat. I would be willing to change my vote with more references. Dolotta (talk) 00:17, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:GNG and WP:POLITICIAN. CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   20:43, 25 February 2017 (UTC)


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