Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zach Adamson


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The result was delete. Jujutacular (talk) 02:28, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Zach Adamson

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WP:BLP of a politician notable primarily as a city councillor. While Indianapolis is certainly a large enough city that a member of its city council could potentially be considered to satisfy WP:NPOL #3 if the article were well-written and well-sourced, it is not in the narrow range of global cities for which we automatically accept all city councillors — with one exception which I'm about to nominate separately, every past or present Indianapolis city councillor who actually has a Wikipedia article got that article for holding some office at the state or federal levels after their terms on city council. And this article, for that matter, is neither well-written nor well-sourced, reading like a campaign brochure and resting entirely on primary sources like his own website, a newspaper article in which he's the bylined author and not a subject, and a press release on the website of a directly affiliated organization. All of which means that nothing here is substantive enough, or sourced enough, to get him into Wikipedia. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 23:09, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:24, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  19:49, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete as I simply see no better improvement. Pinging past users and .  SwisterTwister   talk  07:35, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete – I totally agree with the rationale above. Hebrides (talk) 08:02, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete As per nomination.Peter Rehse (talk) 09:40, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Isn't he more notable as the first LGBT elected official in Indiana? Kestenbaum (talk) 06:39, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * You're misreading the claim. Indiana had openly LGBT elected officials before Adamson; he's just being claimed here as the first LGBT person to hold office at the county level in particular, not the first one to hold any office whatsoever in the entire state. And while that might be enough to make him eligible for a properly sourced article, no claim of notability ever entitles a person to keep an article that's parked exclusively on primary sources. Bearcat (talk) 16:52, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Agree except for the last part. Cut the cake fine enough and we all have a piece.  First LGBT elected official at the Indiana county level is a pretty fine cut - not notable even with decent sourcing.Peter Rehse 17:23, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

He is not, was not first openly elected county official in Indiana, Sue Wanzer elected to Monroe County School Board, Bloomington, IN from 2000 to present, Elizabeth Cure Monroe County Circuit Judge 2008 to present...if there are two that precede him, there are probably more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.188.224.2 (talk) 19:37, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - as per the nom, who must be lauded for their excellently detailed nomination rationale.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:06, 8 November 2015 (UTC)


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