Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James L. Walls, Jr.

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The result was delete. per consensus and as a poorly sourced BLP. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:03, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

James L. Walls, Jr.[edit]

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This has been an unreferenced BLP for ages, but it's also an article on a subject of very dubious notability. Walls is the mayor of a town of about 5,000 in Maryland; he fails WP:POLITICIAN, and his article reads like a political résumé. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 01:16, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:POLITICIAN. The mayor exists, but does not yield any significant coverage noting notability. The only significant coverage is by The Washington Post that mentions he got arrested for soliticing a prostitute. TangSing (talk) 03:00, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as insufficiently notable per WP:BIO#Politicians. Specifically, see Footnote #7, which states, "A politician who has received 'significant press coverage' has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists." That does not appear to have occurred for this subject. — Satori Son 03:18, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Does not meet WP:POLITICIAN Brumak (talk) 06:33, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN, anyway an unsourced BLP. DARTH SIDIOUS 2 ^(Contact) 16:10, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:12, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:12, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep In a quick search, I found two articles that are substantially about Walls and go into a reasonable biographical depth. [1] [2], which should me more than enough to pass WP:BASIC and write a fair article. Sailsbystars (talk) 17:47, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep per research found by Sailsbystars. One of the articles is only about an arrest for solicitation, but the other is a moderately serious profile. Ray^Talk 23:15, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I don't think a negative one-event article in the Washington Post and a puff piece in a local newspaper cut it for "signficant coverage in reliable sources". --Mkativerata (talk) 00:04, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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