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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 21:24, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Anne Woodell[edit]

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Deceased individual who appears to have been very active in the Oakland, CA community. This article seems to be have been created by a relative as a memorial. WP:NOTOBITUARY applies here. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:39, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct in assuming this is created by a relative. I am in the process of managing the information so that it does not serve as a memorial, rather as the biography of a significant historical figure in the Oakland community. User jwoodell — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwoodell (talk • contribs) 02:43, 30 January 2017 (UTC) Jwoodell (talk) 02:48, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Anne served on several City Councils and boards of trustees. Her work is documented in city council meetings of Oakland.

I see that changes have been made that make it more in line with other biographical articles in terms of formatting, but our guideline on politicians says that simply being a local politician does not make one notable. She would need to pass our general notability guideline. It appears that most of the coverage of her is just passing coverage in local papers, which generally does not meet our guidelines on notability. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:50, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am very sorry for the loss of this wonderful and much-loved person, but this in not an appropriate place for the biography. I'm glad she did so much for Oakland. Jack N. Stock (talk) 04:54, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete members of city park and rec boards and other positions she held are not of the level to make a politician notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:48, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.