Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blake Chow

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:16, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Blake Chow[edit]

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Being the first from group X to do Y isn't something that is inherently notable, and even if that event has significant coverage, it is WP:BLP1E. Other sources are either routine coverage of crimes he investigated (not coverage of him in detail) or less than reliably sourced. John from Idegon (talk) 17:56, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 19:31, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 19:31, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Police department executives, even of a large force like LA's, are not inherently notable. I'm not persuaded by the claim that he's the highest-ranking Chinese-American in the history of the force. Every police department will have a highest-ranking Foo-American, for various values of Foo. Multiply the number of large police departments by the number of possible values of Foo, and we'd be overrun with articles with no other claim to notability than the ethnicity of the person occupying the position. Certainly, if Chow were independently notable, his being the highest-ranking Chinese-American ought to be included; but it's not itself enough for notability. TJRC (talk) 19:56, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete on the merits. Oddly, WP:USUAL applies, however - if, for example, Cdr. Chow becomes Chief of Police or something, then you might have a case for an article. At this point, given the coverage in evidence, BLP1E seems to control. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 03:11, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

For reference, see Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, where most of the officers who served as Chief are bluelinks. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 03:14, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete we need significant, sustained coverage which is lacking here.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:17, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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