Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas S. Nolan

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The result was keep. Daniel (talk) 08:39, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas S. Nolan

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Does not meet WP:GNG or the political guidelines. FiddleheadLady (talk) 13:40, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Can't find any coverage in RS. NickCT (talk) 13:54, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep - After reading WP:NPOL; I guess this guy does meet the "state-wide" criteria for presumed notability. Frankly, that criteria seems a little nutty to me as there are probably thousands and thousands of state delegates about whom little is known and about whom few care to know. But the rule seems clear.... NickCT (talk) 20:00, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:36, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:36, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Plenty of google book results. He was elected to state assembly ("Thomas+S.+Nolan"+state+assembly), so passes NPOL.--Chuka Chief_talk 14:57, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep passes WP:NPOL as a state assembly member. Mccapra (talk) 15:49, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Passes WP:NPOL. --Enos733 (talk) 18:21, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – members of state-level legislatures are presumed notable under WP:NPOL. (There's also plenty of coverage available via Newspapers.com: it might be enough for a GNG pass as well.) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:05, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep state legislators are notable. Thank You-RFD (talk) 20:12, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: WP:NPOL. Curbon7 (talk) 11:56, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Yes, the article needs some improvement — but people who have verifiably served as state legislators are inherently notable under WP:NPOL #1 even if the current state of the article is inadequate, because they are always improvable. A person who served 100 years ago is not going to Google well, so his sources will have to be retrieved from newspaper archiving databases, but that's why we have an WP:NEXIST rule. Bearcat (talk) 16:27, 25 July 2021 (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.