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The result was delete. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 05:18, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Howard B. Gist Jr. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Another Billy Hathorn special. Local city attorney (not enough to meet WP:NPOL) who fails WP:GNG. Sources listed are: 1) A list of past presidents of the Louisiana Bar Association; 2) A link to his mother's family tree on Genealogy.com; 3) a book on Louisiana history; 4) his obit in a local newspaper; 5) a link simply proving he was a member of a fraternity; 6) a link simply proving he served on the USS West Virginia; 7) a memorial page on Genealogy.com for his law partner; 8) his secretary's obit; 9) a link proving that a local bank that he served as the chairman of the board for existed at one time; 10) his obit in another newspaper; 11) a permanent dead link that appeared to be related to his wife; and 12) his son's profile on lawyercentral.com, which is a site that simply sites the basic information of law practices. None of these references establish any sort of notability. GPL93 (talk) 18:41, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:07, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:08, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:10, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep - he was a state bar president, see User:Bearian/Standards#Notability_of_attorneys. Really, he had no other major accomplishments; many lawyers have experience in local government, so being city attorney does not make him notable. Bearian (talk) 19:44, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Being a state bar president could get him into Wikipedia if he could be sourced well enough to clear WP:GNG for it, but is not a free notability pass just because the fact technically verifies on the bar association's own self-published website. And the rest of the references here are mostly primary sourcing, except for his routine death notices and a book that cites just one page. This does not suggest that he's been the subject of enough reliable source coverage to clear GNG at all. Bearcat (talk) 23:47, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per Bearcat. I was sympathetic to the arguments that this clears WP:NLAWYER, but we can't get enough WP:RS to justify inclusion. Anyone is welcome to transwiki to Conservapedia if they want. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:26, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Although reading articles like this one, decades of devoted to public service, respected professional, make me wonder about our standards. (I mean, one good sex or bribery scandal and he's be notable.) Well-conducted lives of useful work as a well-regarded professional ≠ notability on Wikipedia.E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:29, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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