Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leon Jordan

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The result was Withdraw nomination, did a slightly different search and found a great many sources. Darkness Shines (talk) 10:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Leon Jordan

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Apart from getting himself shot does not appear all that notable. Only 6 hits on Gnews in 1970 for the killing as well. Darkness Shines (talk) 14:58, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:18, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:19, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There is not a shadow of a doubt that this article should be kept. As a three-term member of the Missouri General Assembly , Leon Jordan meets WP:POLITICIAN and nothing more needs to be said. In addition, he was the most powerful African-American politician in Missouri when he was assassinated over 40 years ago, and his murder is still unsolved and discussed by reliable sources decades later. It would be a travesty to delete this article which instead should be improved and expanded. His relatively common name just requires slightly better research skills. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:32, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It's fairly well established that State representatives are likely notable, and there's a lot more to this bio than just that. I'm a little worried there needs to be more sourcing, but the subject itself is a keep. Shadowjams (talk) 10:38, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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