Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James P. Covey

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WP:BLP of a diplomat and politician, not properly referenced as passing inclusion criteria for diplomats or politicians. The attempted notability claim here is that he was nominated for a subcabinet position but was never confirmed into the role by the senate, which is not "inherently" notable in and of itself -- the notability bar at WP:NPOL is holding a notable office, not just being nominated for one -- but the article says absolutely nothing else about his career up to that point to suggest any other basis for preexisting notability, and it's referenced 2/3 to primary sources that are not support for notability at all. And while there is one reliable source to a piece of media coverage, one of those isn't enough all by itself. Bearcat (talk) 14:02, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and United States of America. Bearcat (talk) 14:02, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
• Delete: Rather brief political career [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/covey-james-p], then back into obscurity. I don't see enough sourcing to use for an article. Even the position held was a low-level one, for a brief period of time. Oaktree b (talk) 15:23, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
• Delete: Not notable. His diplomatic nomination never saw fruition, and no other information about him is available. — Maile (talk) 16:29, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
• Keep and convert to stub. If we can do it for Daniel Morcombe we can do it for this. Kellpb93ke (talk) 16:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC) — Kellpb93ke (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

:Note This editor has since been blocked for vandalism. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:49, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Connecticut-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:04, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
• Delete per Oaktree b. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:49, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. He could’ve been a contender, but wasn’t. Now, if there were significant coverage in non-biased sources that showed his career either before or after his failed nomination, then it would be a different matter. Saying we did it for one guy but not another isn’t a good reason to keep. Bearian (talk) 01:53, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

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