Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny Wan

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:17, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Danny Wan[edit]

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The coverage is what you would expect for a local councillor. He doesn't meet WP:NPOL or WP:GNG. Being the first openly gay local councillor for a city doesn't make you notable. Boleyn (talk) 12:33, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 12:36, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 12:36, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. While Oakland is a large and prominent enough city that its municipal councillors might clear the bar if they could be significantly substanced and well-sourced as significantly more notable than the norm for that level of significance, it is not in the narrow range of cities where the councillors are automatically presumed notable under WP:NPOL. Of the 15 sources shown here, 12 are primary sources or blogs that cannot assist notability, leaving us with just three pieces of actual media coverage — but those three pieces of media coverage are purely local and routine. And no, being the first openly LGBT person to hold an otherwise non-notable office isn't a notability freebie, either — we do not automatically hand notability to every individual city's first woman, first LGBT or first person of colour to get elected to the city council, if their sourceability is otherwise this poor. Bearcat (talk) 19:11, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the coverage is way below the level needed to show notability for a member of a city council.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:14, 4 September 2017 (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.