Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Varisha Khan

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:08, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Varisha Khan[edit]

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This article is poorly sourced, and the subject is not notable. The article states that Khan is an attorney, which she is not (she made a joke about it on her Twitter page [1]). Many of the sources are from Islamic organizations that she is a part of, which are not independent of the subject. This article also fails the notability guideline. Redmond is a city of 54,000 people, and none of the other council members (or even the city's mayor) have a page. She was also an elector, but this does not make her notable either (most electors do not have a Wikipedia page. Steven McRae (talk) 02:45, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:17, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:17, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:17, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Redmond WA is not large enough to confer an automatic notability freebie on its city councillors just because they exist, "one of the first [insert underrepresented minority group here] to do this not otherwise notable thing" is not in and of itself a notability booster, and the article isn't demonstrating any other strong reason to deem her more special than other city councillors. Bearcat (talk) 16:37, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Suburban councilmembers are rarely well-covered to meet GNG. There are very few hits from the major local newspapers (including those centered around Redmond) that are more than passing coverage. Sounder Bruce 07:02, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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