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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) czar · · 04:37, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Halfacre[edit]

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No evidence of notability. The most notable is mayor, but without signifiant coverage this does not guarantee notability WP:POLITICIAN. I am One of Many (talk) 06:47, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:54, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:54, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 08:31, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, he was a congressional candidate, a Mayor, and now is in charge of a New Jersey agency. I think more information should be added, and I believe that there should be more meat to the article, but I see no basis for deletion. TravisWoods (talk) 15:40, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete A Google news search doesn't really show much hope. While there's coverage, there's not really significant coverage, unless you count a quote via Fox News. Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 02:04, 14 July 2013 (UTC) Keep per the below. Thanks for the information User:DavidinNJ :) Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 23:13, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dusti^{*Let's talk!*}, Try searching under "Michael Halfacre." Initially, I searched under "Mike Halfacre," and found very little, but once I used the name Michael, I found a lot of reliable sources - New York Times, Wall street Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, and many more. DavidinNJ (talk) 22:48, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We should probably consider renaming the article to reflect the more hits for "Michael".--ColonelHenry (talk) 23:02, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

STRONG KEEP article needs improvement, undoubtedly, but this is a public figure whose notability is established by significant independent coverage in New Jersey and regional newspapers (SEE: 109 articles in new jersey papers at nj.com [1])--even National and International press coverage of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division's recent "Operation Swill" action (SEE: [2], [3], [4], [5]). Meets WP:N, WP:RS (with many more that can be added), and contrary to what the nominator asserts citing WP:POLITICIAN, I think the above links are just the beginning of "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists. This deletion nomination simply does not meet any of the criteria at WP:DEL-REASON. --ColonelHenry (talk) 05:41, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:50, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep This one's tough, but I think it just barely passes the minimum. What clinches it for me is that this article has potential to grow. If the author went back and added a bunch of sourced info right now, I would change my vote to strong keep. SOXROX (talk) 14:25, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@Soxrock24: Seeing how lacking it is and seeing this AfD, I am planning to address this article once I get a few other pressing things out of the way. I was one of two main contributors to the FA Alcohol laws of New Jersey, so I'm rather familiar with Halfacre's work as New Jersey's ABC Director. As the news has commented, he's the first ABC director since 1933 to run the office firmly knowing that Prohibition is over. Rest assured, in the next few weeks this will be a much improved article. --ColonelHenry (talk) 16:05, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And I would definitely support that. SOXROX (talk) 19:05, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep just passes notability guidelines, barely. 069952497a (U-T-C-E) 19:33, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep This article is in need of improvement, not deletion. State cabinet members and the heads of state executive agencies are generally notable. In fact, all 50 states have a category listing cabinet members - Category:State cabinet secretaries of the United States. The WP:BIO standard states that "a person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." Halfacre has had significant coverage in multiple regional and national newspapers, thus easily fulfilling that requirement. Without searching too hard, I found articles on him in the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Boston Globe. DavidinNJ (talk) 22:40, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/realestate/15living.html?pagewanted=all

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/03/23/in-new-jersey-drinking-is-on-the-political-agenda/

http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-25/news/39504702_1_dirty-water-businesses-cheap-booze

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/2012/09/13/deena-from-jersey-shore-gets-year-ban-from-bar/auGMRJk6oAuyU6JYSspYbP/story.html

Comment:These articles are not about Halfacre, but they do mention what he has to say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by I am One of Many (talk • contribs) 23:02, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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