Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Värner Lootsmann

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) →Bmusician 00:16, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Värner Lootsmann

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local politician with no claim to WP:notability noq (talk) 00:15, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

• Keep but improve. I found this article about Mr. Lootsmann in Estonian Wikipedia that I had Google translate. Besides being a local politician, he appears to have been a member of the Estonian parliament who has a few inpendent news sources discussing his policies. A few more references should be added to this article. NJ Wine (talk) 00:26, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

• Keep - The person appears to have received significant coverage in reliable sources, thus the topic passes WP:GNG:

• (Estonian) "Varner Lootsmann may increase the Harju county governor". Estonian Public Broadcasting. December 8, 2005. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
• (in English) "Ratas Too Passive, Says Regional Leader". Estonian Public Broadcasting. August 12, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
• (Estonian) "Värner Lootsmann: on siililegi selge, et minu ametist vabastamine oli puhtalt poliitiline käik". Delfi.ee. June 30, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
• (Estonian) "Centre Party of typical shot: Varner Lootsmann". Estonian Express. October 24, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:57, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Estonia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:24, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:24, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

• No comment on the sources, but I declined the speedy since the Counties of Estonia seems to be the first administrative level below the national level, so being governor of one of them would indicate holding a sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office in the sense of WP:POLITICIAN. --Tikiwont (talk) 08:41, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:POLITICIAN — I agree with Tikiwont that he appears to have held a position comparable to governors of US states and Russian oblasts. Nyttend (talk) 12:08, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
• Keep - per WP:POLITICIAN. It does pass WP:GNG. →TSU ^tp* 22:00, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

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