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The result was keep. ( non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle ( talk) 06:11, 3 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Steve Neuhaus

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WP:BLP of a politician notable only as a member of a county-level government. This is not a level of government that gets a person an automatic WP:NPOL pass — while such a person might become eligible for a Wikipedia article if you can write and reliably source a substantive article about them which would satisfy WP:GNG, they don't get to keep one that just asserts their existence and references it exclusively to primary sources. Delete. Bearcat ( talk) 22:06, 19 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 15:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep - Orange County, New York is a county of approximately 375,000 people, governed by an institution called the "county legislature." This is headed by an elected unitary executive leader, the "county executive." Comparable institutions for a city would be the "council" headed by the "mayor." As a de facto elected mayor of 375,000, this strikes me as a fairly clear pass of WP:POLITICIAN, the special high bar for political biographies. For more on the Orange County system of government if anyone wishes to check out what I am saying, see: Link Carrite ( talk) 15:28, 26 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Not even a president of the United States gets to claim an WP:NPOL pass on the basis of exclusively primary sourcing. Bearcat ( talk) 05:23, 27 January 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep - county executives in New York are fairly important, perhaps more powerful than most mayors. Orange County, New York is not only one of the largest districts in Upstate New York, but one of the fastest growing and diverse; he has become a major player in the Tristate area, too. Bearian ( talk) 17:24, 26 January 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep A quick google news search about the subject shows plenty of reliable sourced articles - several about the subject, including that he is the youngest executive for Orange County, his plans as county executive specifically vetoes of legislation and coverage of his State of the County address. Enos733 ( talk) 23:53, 27 January 2015 (UTC) reply

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