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The result was no consensus.
Randykitty (
talk) 11:13, 8 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Odgen's main claim to fame is having been mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. That city has never had more than 70,000 residents, always been overshadowed by its larger regional neighbors, and was not even that big when he was mayor. His other claim to fame would just derive from being the son of a man who was notable.
John Pack Lambert (
talk) 18:45, 13 February 2015 (UTC)reply
He seems to have more than two claims to fame. It seems he was also judge of the district court, and "prominent" as a lawyer:
[1].
James500 (
talk) 23:20, 15 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey for failing GNG and POLITICIAN. Nothing in The New York Times archives, and the existing references aren't about him. His father and grandfather have articles, but you can't inherit notability.
Clarityfiend (
talk) 01:19, 14 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep. I think the coverage is sufficient. I also think that being a mayor, judge of the district court and prominent lawyer is sufficient for a person who died in 1893. I suspect that BIO was written with BLPs in mind, and doubt its applicability. The existing references are about him. He does not need to be their only, or even primary, subject. That said, he has, for example, his own dedicated article in a biographical dictionary, so there is no problem with the volume of coverage. He does not need to be mentioned in the NYT, and a search of its archives is not enough to establish non-notability. I don't think the size of Hoboken is an issue, and I don't think that 70,000 is small, since it is larger than some parliamentary constituencies.
James500 (
talk) 00:02, 16 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Delete. Mayor of a city of 50,000 people. Just not notable enough. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 15:31, 17 February 2015 (UTC)reply
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beans // 02:28, 21 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep The nomination's argument is classic
WP:NOTBIGENOUGH but "Notability isn't determined by something's quantity of members, but rather by the quality of the subject's verifiable, reliable sources." We have a guy currently at RfA who has been working for years on
a place with a pop of just over 300 and most everyone seems to think that's wonderful.
Andrew D. (
talk) 09:10, 21 February 2015 (UTC)reply
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NORTH AMERICA1000 16:44, 28 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. I can't find any support for the "prominent lawyer" claim above. The article doesn't say he was prominent (a slippery concept anyway). What source does?
Bishonen |
talk 20:54, 7 March 2015 (UTC).reply
Keep The ample reliable and verifiable sources provided here establish notability.
Alansohn (
talk) 02:48, 8 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Delete Mayors of small towns rarely meet
WP:NPOL. It's easy to find mention of them, but usually they don't have significant third party coverage, and this one is not an exception. OhNoitsJamieTalk 03:34, 8 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep Mayor (size of Hoboken not a factor) with sufficient sources considering he is 19th century. And judge too.
Billy Hathorn (
talk) 04:10, 8 March 2015 (UTC)reply
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