Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Pat Clarke

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 Keep --JForget 00:36, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Pat Clarke[edit]

As a person whose entire notability is for serving on the Baltimore City Council, she fails Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Additional_criteria for Politicians having never served at the international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office nor recieved significant coverage other than for the routine duties / election of a city councilperson. Toddst1 (talk) 14:53, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Most of the Baltimore city council members with article fall in to this category. Putting Mary Pat Clarke to AfD as a trial. Toddst1 (talk) 14:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If she's the most notable city council member she may not be the est trial balloon. --Lquilter (talk) 17:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Failing the criteria you note above does not mean she is not notable. Having served 25 years on the council including a term as council president suggests that she "has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field." It is also likely that she has received significant press coverage as she is the first woman to serve as president of the council. Perhaps some more work is needed but not deleted. -JodyB_talk 15:29, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep She is one of the more notable politicians in Baltimore, one of the larger cities in the United States. She was a high-profile mayoral candidate in the 90s as well as City Council President (a city-wide elected position). --Jfruh (talk) 20:13, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 00:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Scanning the Internet for her I see third-party neutral comments like "Clarke is practically an institution in Baltimore"([1]) and there are plenty of cites referencing her in the media. --Lquilter (talk) 17:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are 141 articles on members of the Maryland House of Delegates. Each has a district the size of a Baltimore City Council district in terms of total population. None of those articles have been tag for deletion. Marylandstater (talk) 18:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as Past President of the City Council, not merely being a run-of-the-mill councillor. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 22:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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