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Nicholas R. Amato

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Taking to afd at the request of USER:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (I had the article WP:PROD before. He has added some sources to the article as they were almost non-existent before. However, I still believe this fails WP:POLITICIAN as county executives are not automatically notable. Sources are his biography at a law firm he works for, couple election articles that cover his opponent more than him, couple articles about a lawsuit against him by some disgruntled former county employees, an op-ed he wrote (that one would be primary), an article about some possible legislation affecting casinos owners in Atlantic City that has a single quote from him, and an article about him resigning from his position representing Resorts International. The common theme of these sources is that they all are very routine. Rusf10 (talk) 03:31, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

• Keep I see enough information from reliable sources for a full biographical article per GNG. An opinion piece in the New York Times would not be primary, it would not be independent of him, just as an autobiography would not be independent of him. You have confused primary and independent sources before. However, not everyone is selected to write opinion pieces for the New York Times, adding to his notability. Also, as a reminder, you are supposed to be looking for sourcing WP:before you nominate, as you have been reminded multiple times. --RAN (talk) 03:36, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Primary/not-independent, whatever you want to call it, it does not help establish notability. An NYT op-ed does not give someone notability. Remember anyone can submit an op-ed to the New York Times. Sure your chances of getting it published are better if you are well-known. However, there have also been some op-eds by relatively unknown people.--Rusf10 (talk) 04:17, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Anybody can submit their own name to win a Nobel Prize, but only notable people win one. I did not argue it gives him notability, I said it added to his notability. --RAN (talk) 04:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

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• Strong delete Amato was in the local distribution area of the NYT, so coverage of him is an example of local coverage. Nothing shows that he rises to the level of notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:15, 3 January 2018 (UTC)