Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheilah A. Coley


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The result was delete. slakr \ talk / 01:45, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Sheilah A. Coley

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cited entirely to press releases and minor local notices. Police chief of a small city of 64,000 not likely to be notable, and no evidence to the contrary is available ‘’’ DGG''' ( talk ) 09:00, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * True, but I think if it were moved to the draftspace instead, whoever made the article could add more reliable sources. AKA Casey Rollins Talk With Casey 18:43, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 04:47, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Significant coverage, including during service as Chief of Police for Newark, NJ, a city of >250,000 and largest police department in the state,, . Coverage in metropolitan daily for largest municipality in teh state is not WP:LOCAL.  Passes WP:GNG. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 06:17, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Newark is only the 67th largest city in the United States. There are 168 larger cities in India. There are hundreds in China. Are you arguing every police chief in every city in the world is notable? AusLondonder (talk) 00:58, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * That is a very broad interpretation of the argument above. I am arguing the first female chief of police in a major metropolitan area (and the more significant measurement is the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY MSA, the largest in the country), is notable.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 01:03, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * You said "a city of >250,000 and largest police department in the state" AusLondonder (talk) 01:08, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Not mutually-exclusive claims. In 2011, Coley became the first female chief in Newark, and also the first female chief in a significant city in the NY-NJ-MSA, the largest MSA in the country.Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 01:16, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I can't agree that because Newark is nearby to New York all official within it are notable. AusLondonder (talk) 02:02, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not asking your to agree to that, because it has no relevance to what I said. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 03:12, 20 February 2017 (UTC) Edited to add: To clarify, the article is subject to WP:GNG, and significant coverage of this person as documented in independent, reliable sources exists of her tenure as a major administrative figure in a large metro area.  that passes GNG by any reasonable interpretation.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 03:15, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:03, 18 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep -- "the first female Chief of Police for Newark, New Jersey" is sufficient claim to notability in my mind. The article is advertorially toned, but this can be fixed IMO. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:40, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:41, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Newark is only the 67th largest city in the United States. There are 168 larger cities in India. There are hundreds in China. How can you seriously argue that every single "first" office-holder in every city in the world is inherently notable? What is the cut-off point? AusLondonder (talk) 00:56, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * How many of these cities have had a female chief of police? K.e.coffman (talk) 00:58, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Just seconds worth of Googling found Etawah and Lucknow. AusLondonder (talk) 01:03, 20 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete No significant, in-depth coverage. There is no freebie inclusion for a police chief in a small city that fails our notability guidelines. AusLondonder (talk) 00:59, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:13, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

http://abc7ny.com/archive/8297584/ https://issuu.com/thepositivecommunty/docs/may_2014nj https://www.yeshacallahan.com/thought-nyc-issue-stop-frisk-newark-nj-even-bigger-issue/ added more significant sources. Natasha609 (talk) 15:09, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Appears to be a well-regarded public servant, but sourcing is limited to local papers and is merely the sort routine coverage that a local Department head will routinely have. True, she is the first black head of this department in this particular city, but we're long way past the point where the appointment of a black or a female or even a black female head of department produces major news coverage.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:21, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Not enough coverage to pass GNG, and being police director in the 67th largest city in the US is not enough to create notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:08, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as unconvincing in the applicable standards and, beyond the information here, it's simply not significant for an article. SwisterTwister   talk  21:50, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep --http://abc7ny.com/archive/9465866/
 * Delete No chance to reach Notability,coverage is very poor ,I fixed for :: decision.(SuperstarSS (talk) 03:17, 26 February 2017 (UTC)) Sockpuppet !vote struck. Favonian (talk) 18:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete on second thoughts; not enough sources to build an NPOV article. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:25, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per AusLondonder's comment above. - The   Magnificentist  20:07, 27 February 2017 (UTC)


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