Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brenda Gilmore

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 no consensus, leaning towards keep. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 02:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brenda Gilmore[edit]

City level politician, fails WP:POLITICIAN. All references are either SELFPUB or local news stories. SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 01:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This woman sits on the city council for Nashville, Tennessee, the state capital, and a city of over 600,000 people; it's not a random little municipality such as Monteagle, Tennessee. Per WP:POLITICIAN, "Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion [major local political figures who have received significant press coverage], as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city." Seems to me that she qualifies. Nyttend (talk) 04:25, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: She sits on the council along with 39 other city council members, possibly the third largest city council in the country. Simply being on the council does *not* meet WP:POLITICIAN. She doesn't qualify unless she is notable in some way. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep on two grounds: first, from the position we can safely assume sources will be available for notability, and 2nd, they actually are. DGG (talk) 19:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: See above - we cannot safely assume sources will be available for notability, and all the sources in the article are either SELFPUB or local in scope. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, WP:POLITICIAN does not say that local politicians cannot have articles; it only says that unlike state/provincial/federal legislators, local politicians aren't entitled to a presumption of inherent notability just on the basis of having held political office, if sources aren't actually present in the article. They can still be kept if valid sources are provided. I'm not going to offer any assessment as to whether the sources in this case are sufficient, however, because I'm not nearly knowledgeable enough about Nashville to make that sort of judgement. No !vote, just $0.02 for the pot. Bearcat (talk) 09:22, 14 February 2009 (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.