Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Girmay Zahilay

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. czar 21:22, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Girmay Zahilay

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Does not meet WP:NPOL Reason Rrmmll22 (talk) 19:54, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:17, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:17, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The second point of NPOL allows for local politicians with significant press coverage to have articles. Zahilay has had a few major profiles in The Seattle Times written, especially since taking office. Sounder Bruce 20:36, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- obviously any local politician is going to be published in the local newspaper many times. Hence by this standard any politician including all municipal and local ones would be exempt from WP:NPOL. This article should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rrmmll22 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Sources indicate that the subject meets WP:GNG. As an aside, the seemingly-systematic attempt to delete pages of members of the King County Council is becoming somewhat concerning. KidAd • SPEAK 20:57, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- These do not meet the requirements obviously. These are no name politicians that influence a very small amount of people. Plus they are only published why they are in office. Hence WP:NTEMP needs to be considered. With a politician if they don’t pass WP:NPOL they should not be included . I don’t think It’s concerning that these king county council members are being brought up because they are nothing people and should be removed. I personally live nowhere near Washington state so It’s not political.--Rrmmll22 (talk) 21:13, 10 October 2021 (UTC)--Rrmmll22 (talk) 21:13, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets the GNG. The King County Council represents 2.3 million people. Rrmmll22, please be aware that WP:BLP is policy, and you are simply not allowed to call people "no name politicians" or "nothing people", especially in the context of trying to delete their biographies. Please strike those words. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:53, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- These people represent about 1/2 a percent of the United States population. That’s not significant at all. I just think there is going to be very limited interest in these people. In the scheme of things these people don’t represent much. I don’t think it meets GNG. Just google search these council members, nothing comes up. --Rrmmll22 (talk) 00:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - King County is the sixth most populous of over 3000 counties in the United States. Your assertion that there is very limited interest in these people is both incorrect and inimical to our goal of building an encyclopedia. Hundreds of millions of people pay enough attention to this type of official to cast votes, and if reliable sources give them significant coverage, then this encyclopedia should have articles about them, and our editors should not insult them. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:38, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    - This Google News search shows plenty of significant coverage in reliable sources. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:07, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      - There is no way unless this official runs for us president that “hundreds of millions” of people are going to pay attention the whole population of Washington state is shy of 8 million^[1]. Just a couple million at most would be interested in this tier of politician. It won’t upset me if this politician is not deleted I am just pointing something out. Nor do I see it as belittling the politician. They have potential to move into a greater role down the road. You have to start somewhere. But the role is not that important in the scheme of the greater world. This page gets about 400 views a month. Our us senator, Elizabeth Warren gets about 58,000 views a month and the mayor of the city next door, Boston, Kim janey gets 20,000 per month.--Rrmmll22 (talk) 02:48, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "State population steadily increases, tops 7.7 million residents in 2021". Retrieved 11 October 2021.

Keep passes WP:GNG. All AfDs should be judged on their own merits. The subject is featured in an article in The Hill and Tadias and is known for legislation that changed the function of the office of the King County Sheriff. These stories, along with verification that the subject serves on the King County Council elevates this to passing GNG. --Enos733 (talk) 03:38, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.

[1] "State population steadily increases, tops 7.7 million residents in 2021". Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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