Talk:Phineas W. Leland

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Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (your reason here) --Jackeaze (talk) 02:56, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Leland was a member of the Massachusetts State senate, He was the President of the Massachusetts State Senate. It is enough to be a Massachusetts state Senator to be Notable. Being the President of the Massachusetts State Senate Senate should suffice as this is a statewide office. A major sub-national level (US state) office

WP:POLOUTCOMES: Elected and appointed political figures at the national cabinet level are generally regarded as notable, as are usually those at the major sub-national level (US state, Canadian province, Japanese prefecture, etc.)

WP:A7:The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines. The criterion does apply if the claim of significance or importance given is not credible. If the claim's credibility is unclear, you can improve the article yourself, propose deletion, or list the article at articles for deletion.

It is irrelevant whether the claim of notability within the article is not sufficient for the notability guidelines. If the claim is credible, the A7 tag can not be applied. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackeaze (talk • contribs) 03:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and I have already removed the speedy deletion tag placed by another editor. (Reformatted your arguments above for readability's sake.) Dwpaul ^Talk 03:04, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]