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The result was speedy keep. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:31, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Ward (politician)[edit]

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Withdrawing nom Failed governor candidate. That's about it. Only source is an obit. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:45, 14 February 2015 (UTC) - I overlooked the mention of his state legislature membership, as the opening of the article focused on his failed gubernational election. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:24, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk 20:18, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Automatic keep He served in both houses of the KY legislature and was a major party nominee for governor in 1967; only a narrow loser. Billy Hathorn (talk) 22:24, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep WP:NPOL#1. "five-term state representative and one-term state senator" per [1]. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 22:39, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kentucky-related deletion discussions. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:38, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Sources for the article's subject were readily found, two of which were in the top ten results of a Google search [2][3]. Also Ward has received significant coverage in a book [4] as well as in various newspaper articles which I've added to the page. I don't see anything in WP:BIO that disqualifies using an obituary to substantiate significant coverage, but that notwithstanding, I believe the multiple sources I've found show this article meets WP:GNG. Altamel (talk) 22:57, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. All members of state legislatures in the United States are notable. -LtNOWIS (talk) 00:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep members of state legislatures are default notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep - Elected member of a state legislature, ergo an auto-keep per Politician Special Notability Guideline no. 1. Carrite (talk) 12:53, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Obviously, as a member of a state legislature. It already said this in the article when it was nominated - nominator obviously should have read it a little more closely. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:18, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and close the discussion - nomination has been withdrawn. --Jersey92 (talk) 19:49, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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