Deletion of Richard Venable

Comment: The nominator actually made the arguement to keep. He's notable as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. as per  #1 "Politicians and judges who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: Please note'' the "External links" I removed was an advertisement redirect and of course not acceptable as a reference even if viable. '''Important''': The Wikipedia:Notability (people)|'''notability''' guidelines ''This page in a nutshell''; "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. There is |'''no inherited notability''' (automatic or not) and all articles, especially |'''BLP's''', have to have the above mentioned sources, no matter how much we like an article, per Wikipedia:NRVE. I provided a WP:primary|'''primary source''' (as apposed to an unsourced article) but be advised that the nominator was not unjustified even if knowing there was primary sourcing for his term in the State Legislature. Like it or not having unsourced or poorly sourced BLP's violates at least one of the |'''Five Pillars''' that includes a host of WP:policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines and even relevant community-backed essays. If we ''really'' want the article it needs proper sourcing or we will have to hope a closer will accept a '''"keep" head count only"''' regardless of a lack of sourcing and policy
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:INHERITED||WP:BLP||WP:5P2)

Comment: WP:BIO is actually quite broad and vague about very ''general'' principles of biographical notability — which is why we have a substantial body of more detailed subject-specific inclusion standards (SNGs) for specific occupations in ''addition'' to BIO itself. The applicable one for politicians is , which states in #1 that we ''do'' accept state legislators as notable. This does need a rewrite and some real sourcing, but he does pass our inclusion standards
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)