Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy Leonard

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The result was Speedy Keep per WP:POLITICIAN confirmed by settled precedent that a member of a state legislature is notable. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 13:20, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Randy Leonard

This page about an Oregon politician doesn't seem to me to meet WP:POLITICIAN, and the first administrator to have speedied it before me apparently felt the same way, but the contributor is insistent that that this individual has notability, so I bring it to the community for a conclusive decision. I must admit that I didn't grasp his former status as a state representative, and I'm not sure if that contributes to notability (I'm not an American and I'm not sure of the intricacies of that system). There are very few reliable sources that were offered in the second iteration; the contributor has some what about "X" arguments which certainly aren't relevant. Accounting4Taste:talk 04:09, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 04:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 04:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep (remember that you are required to research the topic before nominating per the deletion policy): Per WP:POLITICIAN, the very first sentence: People who have held international, national or first-level sub-national political office, including members of a legislature and judges. (bolding added). In the article (and any research would show) Mr. Leonard was in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, which is a first-level sub-national legislature. Please consider withdrawing the nomination. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Former member of a US state legislature, therefore meets WP:POLITICIAN. Valenciano (talk) 07:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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