Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clem S. Clarke

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 was Keep. Nakon 01:26, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Clem S. Clarke[edit]

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Claims to fame: oilman, failed Senate candidate, federal postmaster in Shreveport, Louisiana. Not close to WP:NPOL. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 04:03, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Notable oilman, First Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Louisiana under popular election of senators. Many sources found considering he died pre-Internet in 1967. Billy Hathorn (talk) 04:16, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Subject appears to meet WP:GNG. As Billy Hathorn points out, ample reliable sources are available-addition of these is encouraged. Shanata (talk) 04:36, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Other than the findagrave sites, most of those sources mention Clarke versus going into non-trivial detail about him. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:33, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Subject passes GNG based on sources showing. Historically important as the first Republican Senatorial candidate in his state in the era of direct elections (i.e. after no candidate for three decades). We should not debate whether you or I or anyone else thinks a person is "important enough" for a WP article — on that Your Mileage May Vary. What we debate at AfD is whether there are sufficient sources available to write a comprehensive and verifiable biography. In this the content creator has succeeded admirably. He is to be commended. Carrite (talk) 18:17, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:32, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:32, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:32, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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