Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francis T. Purcell

:{{la|Francis T. Purcell}} ([{{fullurl:Francis T. Purcell|wpReason={{urlencode:AfD discussion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francis T. Purcell}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

local politician, fails WP:BIO#Basic criteria, WP:POLITICIAN

• Keep for reasons stated [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/J._Russell_Sprague&diff=233851099&oldid=233831488 above]. JamesMLane t c 02:41, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

• Keep per JamesMLane. He also got an obit by the New York Times.[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30714FB345F12728DDDAB0A94D1405B8084F1D3] - Icewedge (talk) 03:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —JamesMLane t c 03:29, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Being a county executive or having an obituary in the NY Times are far from satisfying WP:POLITICIAN. Where is the substantial coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources needed to satisfy Edison2 (talk) 04:10, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Significant elected position. Obviously notable. Edward321 (talk) 13:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

• Keep. As a member of the New York State Assembly he would in fact appear to meet the WP:POLITICIAN requirement of holding "first-level sub-national political office". --Paularblaster (talk) 20:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

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