Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Leibham
I admire your persistence.  You make strong arguements, which are hard to disagree with.  Here is why each of the other articles pass notability (IMO): Donna Frye (extremely interesting election controversy), Toni Atkins (somewhat interesting controversy that led to her assuming office), Dennis Hollingsworth (does not and would not pass as written, but is lucky not to have been nominated, would pass with rewrite based on http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=%22Dennis+Hollingsworth%22 NY Times), Jim Ogonowski (fails for the reasons I have been discussing), Dennis Shulman (notable for handicap and notable source references), Jerry Sanders (needs rewrite, but would pass with the few ''U.S. News'', a ''Time'' and a ''Newsweek'' ref that I have found) and Charles Brown (California) (mentions in notable  make him notable, see my AFD discussion comment).  I guess I am saying the way notability works on WP is that the extensive coverage could come from a local source, but the arbiter of whether the person is notable is the popular media.  I think you will find consistent precedent at AFD for people who are mentioned in the popular press as being notable and those who aren't as not being so.  I am sort of taking on the role of Bearer of Bad news for your guy and I hate that I have to do so.  All I can really say is watch for references in the Post, LA Times, NY Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News, and maybe SF Chronicle.  All the other votes to redirect are probably based on the logic I am taking the time to explain to you.  It is not up to you or I to determine who is notable.  If there is no mention of him outside of San Diego, he is not going to pass as notable for this international audience.  I don't know what else to tell you.  This is how it works.  The policies probably need to be tweeked to better reflect the substance of the law here, but I am explaining how things really work the best way I know how.  I apologize that it does not help save this biographical subject as a stand alone article
— User:TonyTheTiger, 14:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:RS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)