Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Abbott (politician)


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The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 00:39, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Steve Abbott (politician)

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does not reach notability standards, contains mostly original research Aliciakeyzz (talk) 22:07, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Being a candidate for governor is a strong case for specific notability, and there are a good number of secondary sources listed. Improvement, not deletion, should be the order of the day for this article. —C.Fred (talk) 22:26, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * He is not a candidate for governor yet, he has merely said he will seek the nomination. That doesn't mean squat in terms of notability. Dozens of people try to get their parties nomination for president every 4 years, over 100 people were in the race for governor of California a few years ago. Besides, see Notability (people), just being a candidate for office does NOT make someone notable.  TJ   Spyke   22:34, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maine-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. He may be notable as a former chief of staff to a U.S. Senator. I do not know how much media coverage he received in that role. – Eastmain (talk) 23:17, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. He served as the Chief of Staff of a high profile United States Senator for 15 years with plenty of media attention. He is an announced candidate for Governor of Maine with GOBS of media attention.  I don't see how there is even a question about notability here.  FreeRight (talk) 02:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep.There is no question about his significance as a state politician and certainly no question in terms of his run for governorship. If you read the article, it states that he announced candidacy on January 12, 2010.   You can see addition sources in the article to prove this.  Crimsonator (talk) 3:08, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
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