Talk:Thomas F. Cooke

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Proposed Deletion

I am removing the proposed deletion tag from this page because I see six different sources referenced, not just one as was stated. --ABF992 (talk) 01:10, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ABF992, there is only one source, six different pages are cited. All sources are from LA times. It therefore does not pass WP:GNG. I also could not find any other sources online though it might just be due to him getting buried under more modern Thomas Cooke. ✶Qux yz ✶ 03:34, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They are six different articles in the LA Times, over a nearly twenty year period. Granted I can't see the article contents, even with WP:LIBRARY access, but for notability purposes, we generally count each newspaper article as separate sources, even if they are from the same paper. Jfire (talk) 04:27, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While I can accept that there is more than one source, how long of a distance of time is required before we count another "source"? Each article was published on average every third year which, depending on how I spin it, could be too short of a time or long enough. ✶Qux yz ✶ 17:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Quxyz: Six months after, but I've rewritten the article to include more of his biography, including his time and military career in Iowa. Plus, from what I've seen members of the Los Angeles City Council members are pretty much treated as subnational politicians (ie state assemblymembers) because its from a internationally famous city like Los Angeles. reppop^talk 03:43, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]