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The result was speedy keep. There's not even a nomination to delete the article (former-admin close) Secret account 04:20, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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- Speedy Keep . Wilbysuffolk Talk to me 19:05, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep and expand. Mr. Podesta is clearly a notable lobbyist [1]. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:37, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep In addition to the New York Time article that Mark Arsten found, the same newspaper profiled him and his brother John here in 2000, saying that "Tony Podesta is a facilitator, a broker, a translator, who helps businesses understand the ways of Washington." The Boston Globe called him a "highly successful lobbyist" here in 2000. The Washington Post called him and his wife "superlobbyists" and owners of a "large, eye-popping modern-art collection" in an article about their donation of an iconic portrait of Barack Obama to the National Portrait Gallery here in 2009. There's a biographical sketch of him on pages 158-159 of Lobbying in America: A Reference Handbook. Tony Podesta has been a notable Democratic Party activist and lobbyist for 40 years. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:19, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Speedy Keep: quite notable.--Milowent • talkblp-r 05:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. A lobbyist with direct connections to the U.S. President is of course notable. -- Evans1982 (talk) 07:33, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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