Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Brockington Bost

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 00:57, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Brockington Bost[edit]

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This is a two-sentence article about a local politician that fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:BLP1E; the only piece of information in the article aside from her name, birthyear, and office is her criminal conviction. –Grondemar 05:03, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I am usually a huge inclusionist, but there is barely anything on her in Google and an article that consists of a name and mention of a conviction is a BLP violation. The Drover's Wife (talk) 09:00, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you quote me the "mention of a conviction" rule. The rule I know of is to not write about people charged with a crime, who have not been convicted. You might want to check out Category:People by criminal conviction. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A credible claim of notability, backed by appropriate reliable and verifiable sources in the article already in addition to other sources available online. This is a work in progress and substantial progress has already been made by editors in expanding this article since the AfD was begun. Alansohn (talk) 20:36, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks to Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for the work expanding the article and finding sources, but I still don't see how she meets either WP:POLITICIAN or WP:BLP1E. Aside from basic biographical details all the information in the article is negative which doesn't exactly make me comfortable when dealing with a BLP. –Grondemar 00:55, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets GNG easily. She was in news 1994, again in 2002, and again in 2010. Not a WP:BLP1E issue. She was the first female African-American to serve as Mayor of Irvington, New Jersey in 1994. She was the first African-American to head the Women Mayors Division of the United States Conference of Mayors. All have nothing to do with the crime she was convicted of in 2002. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:39, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete tend to agree with Drover's wife that there are BLP concerns. LibStar (talk) 01:11, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - An elected mayor of a city of over 50,000 who was sentenced to, and served time in, Federal Prison. This makes the subject a notable public figure in New Jersey history. Adequate sources already showing in the footnotes for a GNG pass; also passes the POLITICIAN SNG based on the mayoralty, in my opinion. Carrite (talk) 02:27, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All sorts of New York Times hits on this, including THIS. Get rid of the middle name to expand Google hits. Carrite (talk) 02:31, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Some kind of snowy keep All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:21, 14 October 2015 (UTC).[reply]
Keep - "An elected mayor of a city of over 50,000 who ... served time in, Federal Prison." and has refs, works for me. Victuallers (talk) 13:34, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've gone back and forth on this but comes down to she is notable. First female black mayor of Irvington, New Jersey and first to head federal mayors conference are accomplishments. Her convictions are public record, not opinion, nor simply charges. Don't see that the article unduly focuses on the negative. SusunW (talk) 19:16, 14 October 2015 (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.