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William A. Flanagan

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Non-notable local official. All news coverage I could find is from local outlets, and it all seems like the type of WP:ROTM coverage you'd expect to see for the mayor of the town. I don't think he meets GNG. I'd support a redirect to List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 02:05, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Law, and Massachusetts. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:31, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is there a citation to support first successful recall election within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? If so then I could see an argument for notability and expanding the article. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 11:52, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, wouldn't this be an argument to have an article for the recall election itself, rather than Flanagan as a person? BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 16:10, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be frank, I'd expect us to have both coverage of the recall and a bio on the first person recalled. What we title the page and whether it is in two or one article I think is dependent on the amount and quality of sourcing. However, as it stands, there is no verification that he's even the first successfully recalled Massachusettsian. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 21:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TechNext

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Just mere mentions in the press. Article creator blocked as SOCK. Dmitry Bobriakov (talk) 16:19, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Geoff Cottrill

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Fails WP:GNG. Being C-suite at a company is not an inherent designator of notability, especially for a company that isn't even in the Global 2000. Coverage is WP:ROUTINE industry reporting of the movement of executives, not WP:SIGCOV of the subject himself. Other coverage is in relation to who his daughter is or is WP:PROMO. Longhornsg (talk) 16:24, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep The article is pretty poor but there are several full-length articles about him in AdWeek, plus the one listed in the article in Forbes. There is definitely more reliable content that could be added to the article. Lamona (talk) 03:18, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article that can be improved and better sources would be preferable, but currently this article seems admissible to me, it appeared in Adweek and Forbes SparklingBlueMoon (talk) 15:17, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wicht Club

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All of the 3 listed sources in this article are no longer working. I was not able to find anything online about Wicht Club, its definitely not notable organisation. SolxrgashiUnited (talk) 15:23, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep There is one listed source with a link that no longer works, but the other two are not linked so it isn't clear how they can be "no longer working." I do find references to the club in various books: Walter B Cannon (source 2), The Psychiatric Persuasion, and mentions in this, this. Also, Harvard has digitized an archive of the Wicht club from 1904-1911, and I added that link to the article. Lamona (talk) 03:38, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Referenced, evidently early-career support for scientists at Harvard in first decade of 20th century. — Rgdboer (talk) 01:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]