Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stella Scamman

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The result was Keep as certainly notable for WP:POLITICIAN (NAC). SwisterTwister talk 07:26, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Stella Scamman[edit]

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NN state-level politician. Per WP:POLOUTCOMES, she is neither presumed notable, nor does she have coverage beyond that normally expected. Of the two sources, one is in fact unnecessary, and constitutes coatracking, a notable achievement in an article with so few sources. MSJapan (talk) 21:52, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:50, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:50, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Hampshire-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:50, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no sources. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:07, 30 August 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Keep - To the contrary, WP:POLOUTCOMES says that political figures elected at the state level are generally presumed notable. As she is a former state representative, Scamman's article should be kept. Altamel (talk) 03:13, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No she isn't - she's a municipal rep to the state legislature, not the state rep to the national legislature. MSJapan (talk) 19:02, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, besides the outcomes essay, the notability guidelines for politicians says that former members of a state legislature are usually notable. And I'd also point to many past AfD discussions where state legislators have been kept by virtue of their office. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Jack, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marlene Anielski, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaylord Graves, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Talmadge L. Heflin, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marlene Anielski, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice Wolf, and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Ward (politician). Altamel (talk) 19:52, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Elected and appointed political figures at the national cabinet level are generally regarded as notable, as are usually those at the major sub-national level (US state, Canadian province, Japanese prefecture, etc.)" What part of that is unclear? See also WP:POLITICIAN #1. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:43, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as a member of a sub-national legislature, as clearly outlined in WP:POLITICIAN. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:41, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep as the entire nomination seems to be based on a misunderstanding of WP:NPOL, the "no sources" comment was false at the time of AfD nomination, and more valid sources have been added. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:16, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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