Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe B. Finley

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The result was delete. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:03, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Joe B. Finley

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Fails WP:GNG and his position as school board member isn't enough to pass WP:NPOL. Like most articles by the now-banned Billy Hathorn none of the sources referenced establish notability. There are as follows: 1) his basic public records from Ancestry.com; 2) his obit in the local newspaper; 3) another obit in the same local newspaper; Sources 4 and 9 are simply a funeral home obit reprinted in the local newspaper; 5) his funeral announcement; 6) a brief passing mention that he was the manager of a since-liquidated ranch; 7) a paper submitted at an Agricultural Research Institute conference; and 8) a list of political contributions. GPL93 (talk) 15:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 15:42, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, per nom. Seems like a pretty much average guy who one editor has a particular interest in. -R. fiend (talk) 15:02, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete notability is not inherited. The UISD may have received coverage for the decision to do bilingual education, but no evidence is presented that this lead to coverage of Finley, especially no evidence of coverage outside of the local media market.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not seeing any claim of notability. School district officials are not notable. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:52, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Serving on a county school board is not a notability freebie under WP:NPOL, but this is referenced exclusively to the local death coverage that would simply be expected to exist for any local political figure. This is not strong evidence that he's a special notability case over and above most other school board trustees. Bearcat (talk) 23:37, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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