Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Begich

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The result of the debate was keep. —Xezbeth 06:27, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Mark_Begich

In the Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not article, it is stated that Wikipedia is "not a general knowledge base". While it is somewhat notable to be the mayor of the largest city in Alaska, outside of this he has not really done much. I spoke to a friend who lives in Alaska, most of what he is known for is for being mayor of Anchorage and butting heads with the govoner regarding building roads. EagleFalconn 05:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, mayor of a major city. "Somewhat" notable is good enough for an unlimited, open encyclopedia. Kappa 05:20, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I agree!
• Keep as Kappa noted. - DS1953 05:33, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Kappa -CunningLinguist 06:33, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Mayors of cities as large as Anchorage are definitely notable. Personally, I think that mayors of any city with 20000+ population (and possibly smaller) is notable. It's when we get articles on local council members that things go into the realms of non-notability. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:24, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Yep, definitely a keep. Mgm|^(talk) 19:17, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Its a given that the mayor of Anchorage would have an article on Wikipedia. Besides, various other mayors have articles. -- OldRight 04:43, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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