Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Esposito


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was keep. Turnstep 14:28, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Thomas Esposito
I brought this to AfD for deletion because the guy lives in my neighborhood, and I've waved at him a few times, so I guess this could be considered a controversial deletion. I don't know him personally, but I do know what he got his press coverage for. In short, he was mayor of Logan, West Virginia (appox. pop. 3000) for sixteen years and was used by the FBI to ferret out political corruption in that town during his run for the W.Va. House of Delegates. I don't think he's of any national importance, and I'm pretty sure he's not going to do anything more to achieve notoriety, since he's now a convicted felon and can't run for office again. Brian G. Crawford 02:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable attempt to diss a non-notable figure.Bridesmill 02:49, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems like quite an interesting article to me, and revealing of what goes on "behind the scenes". Tyrenius 02:50, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, appears to meet WP:BIO anyway. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 03:01, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Not an attack to call him a criminal since pleaded guilty. Fails WP:BIO for sure. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 03:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Change vote per Cheapestcostavoider. Neutral. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 06:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * How do you claim he fails to meet WP:BIO. He's a major local political figure who recieved significant press coverage (second line item), and he recieved notoriety for his newsworthy actions (final line item). --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 03:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Mayor of a town of 1600, convicted of something. Lotsa murderers get newspaper coverage. 2% of them are notable for WP purposes. Same idea. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 04:17, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * "Thomas Esposito is an American criminal" is still a POV way to begin an article. However, I'm neutral pending cleanup. Morgan Wick 03:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per WP:BIO and below. Morgan Wick 03:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per CrazyRussian. DarthVad e r 03:57, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * But his rationale is incorrect... --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 03:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Cleanup Thomas Esposito is a "Major local political figures who receive significant press coverage" meets WP:BIO. Dspserpico 03:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Minor. Very minor. To the nominator: after this gets closed for no-consensus, do renominate it, this time addressing directly the WP:BIO concerns and the scope of the press coverage right off the bat. Tends to produce cleaner voting. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 04:21, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm thinking that he's minor (very minor) at a national scale but major on a local scale. It would be a big sotry on any locality if a state legislature candidate helped the FBI expose corruption scandal that involved the local sherriff and police chief.  So in the end Esposito is a local politician who gets major press and fulfills WP:BIO. Dspserpico 04:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep newsworthy, but not really national Kotepho 04:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per WP:BIO. Capitalistroadster 04:20, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:BIO appears to be within "Major local political figures who receive significant press coverage" and in the apparent absence of an article on the sting itself which received national news coverage --Ajdz 04:38, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BIO --Rob 04:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. It's a badly written article but an interesting story and I think he meets WP:BIO. --kingboyk 06:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BIO as stated above. Really, what is the argument against inclusion?  This undeniably received significant national news coverage and was a noteworthy event. --Cheapestcostavoider 06:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BIO Aeon 06:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Articles about such minor figures lower the quality of Wikipedia. Bhoeble 09:17, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. —Locke Cole • t • c 10:51, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cheapestcostavoider. NoIdeaNick 12:49, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:BIO, seems interesting, even. Mangojuice 14:44, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've heard of him.  I also live 3600 miles away from Logan.  This implies that he is notable, does it not?  &mdash; Haeleth Talk 21:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. He's notable. Redxiv 22:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable enough, and verifiable. -- H eptor  talk 23:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.