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:I'd say, read the guidelines at [[WP:N|notability]] and see if you can provide any evidence of notability based on what you see there. Make sure that you put the article into appropriate categories and include some kind of [[WP:RS|reliable, published sources]] for [[WP:V|verifiability]]. Worst thing that happens is it gets deleted, but you might as well try, so long as it doesn't take you ages and ages. :) [[User:Lawikitejana|Lawikitejana]] 06:29, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
:I'd say, read the guidelines at [[WP:N|notability]] and see if you can provide any evidence of notability based on what you see there. Make sure that you put the article into appropriate categories and include some kind of [[WP:RS|reliable, published sources]] for [[WP:V|verifiability]]. Worst thing that happens is it gets deleted, but you might as well try, so long as it doesn't take you ages and ages. :) [[User:Lawikitejana|Lawikitejana]] 06:29, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
::I've looked that the Notability requirements and it's a marginal case. That's why I asked for advice. I'm temporarily away from editing, but when I get back I'll probably focus on improving existing articles and stubs like [[Tom Vandergriff]]. I hope to be back by the end of the summer. [[User:LoneStarDavid|LoneStarDavid]] 02:57, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
::I've looked that the Notability requirements and it's a marginal case. That's why I asked for advice. I'm temporarily away from editing, but when I get back I'll probably focus on improving existing articles and stubs like [[Tom Vandergriff]]. I hope to be back by the end of the summer. [[User:LoneStarDavid|LoneStarDavid]] 02:57, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

==Blocked==
I am currently blocked from editing. A have been working with an administrator regarding this block. I asked him where to create new or replacement articles. He said do it on my talk page. The '''Test replacement for [[Tom Vandergriff]] stub''' is the first such article. [[User:LoneStarDavid|LoneStarDavid]] 19:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

=Test replacement for [[Tom Vandergriff]] stub=
==Notes for other editors==
*'''Note: Need info on predecessor as County Judge, need more accomplishments as County Judge and Congressman, need to add a free photo, need to put in date of political party switch.'''
*'''Note: Should the 3 infoboxes be stacked as a single 3-row box?''' ''They are not related so I left them separate.''
*<strike>'''Note: Need to verify [[WP:BIO]] complied with</strike>''' ''done''
*'''Note: Need to verify [[WP:BLP]] complied with''' ''request review, particularly for bias favoring subject and poor quality sources. For web sources it is difficult to tell if a source is self-published as described in WP:BLP.
*'''Note: Need outside input on whether I should add personal information, such as marraiges and parentage.''' Other than the family businesses, such information is not notable and not widely reported for this subject. I left it out for that reason. One of the references leads to information about the family, that should be enough for researchers.
==begin article==
{{Infobox Congressman

| honorific-prefix = Honorable
| name = Tommy Joe Vandergriff
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| state = [[Texas]]
| district = [[Texas's 26th congressional district|26th]]
| constituency = Portions of the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas metropolitan area
| term_start = [[January 3]], [[1983]]
| term_end = [[January 3]], [[1985]]
| preceded =
| succeeded = [[Dick Armey]]
| birth_date = [[January 29]], [[1926]]
| birth_place = [[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton, TX]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality =
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse =
| relations =
| children =
| residence = Arlington, Texas
| alma_mater = [[University of Southern California]]
| occupation = politician and businessman
| profession =
| religion =
| signature =
| website =
| footnotes =
Congressional biography<ref name=CongressBio>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000026 Congressional biography from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref>, Texas House Resolution 18, 2007<ref name=HR18>[http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HR00018F.htm Texas House Resolution 18] "Commending the Honorable Tom J. Vandergriff of Arlington on the occasion of his retirement as Tarrant County judge" adopted May 4, 2007, retreived [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref>
}}

{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Honorable
| name = Tommy Joe Vandergriff
| honorific-suffix =
| order =
| office = Mayor
| constituency = Arlington, Texas
| term_start = [[April 3]],[[1951]]
| term_end = [[January 11]],[[1977]]
| predecessor = B. C. Barnes
| successor = S. J. Stovall
| footnotes = City of Arlington Hall of Mayors<Ref>City of Arlington, Texas, [http://www.ci.arlington.tx.us/history/hallofmayors_tomvandergriff.html City of Arlington Hall of Mayors], retrieved [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref>
}}

{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Honorable
| name = Tommy Joe Vandergriff
| honorific-suffix =
| order =
| office = County Judge
| constituency = Tarrant County, Texas
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| term_start = [[1991]]
| term_end = [[January]],[[2007]]
| predecessor = ''missing information''
| successor = [[B. Glen Whitley]]
| footnotes = List of elected officials, 2005<ref>[http://www.tarrantcounty.com/evote/lib/evote/2005/2005_list_of_elected_officials.pdf Elected Officials Representing Tarrant County as of January 1, 2005], retrieved [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref>
}}



'''Tommy Joe Vandergriff ''' (born [[January 29]], [[1926]]) is the recently retired[[Judge|county judge]] for [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant County]], [[Texas]].

He served as Mayor of Arlington from 1951 to 1977 and as a U.S. Congressman from the 26th Texas Congressional District from 1983-1985.

He is best known as being influential in bringing [[Major League Baseball]] to North Texas; While serving as mayor of [[Arlington, Texas]] he convinced the Washington Senators franchise owner Robert Short to relocate his Washington Senators ballclub to Arlington. In the early days of the club, Tom also served as a broadcaster for the team as well.

==Political career==
===Mayor of Arlington, 1951-1977===
During his 26 years as Mayor of Arlington, Tom Vandergriff brought a [[General Motors]] assembly plant into Arlington, 1953,<ref>[http://www.coolcitiesusa.com/dfw/dfw2/about/becon/gmplant04/gmplant0101.shtml General Motors Celebrates 50 Years In Arlinton], retrieved [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref> convinced the Washington Senators to move to Arlington and become the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], 1972,<ref>
{{cite web
| last = Pfeifle
| first = Eric
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| title = TEXAS RANGERS
| work = Handbook of Texas Online
| publisher = The Texas State Historical Association
| date = June 21, 2001
| url = http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/xot2.html
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2007-07-07}}
</ref> saw Arlington State College elevated to University status and became the [[University of Texas at Arlington]],<ref name=HR18>[http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HR00018F.htm Texas House Resolution 18] "Commending the Honorable Tom J. Vandergriff of Arlington on the occasion of his retirement as Tarrant County judge" adopted May 4, 2007, retreived [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref> helped create the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport,<ref name=HR18>[http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HR00018F.htm Texas House Resolution 18] "Commending the Honorable Tom J. Vandergriff of Arlington on the occasion of his retirement as Tarrant County judge" adopted May 4, 2007, retreived [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref> and saw his city grow from about 8,000 people to over 120,000.<ref name=HR18>[http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HR00018F.htm Texas House Resolution 18] "Commending the Honorable Tom J. Vandergriff of Arlington on the occasion of his retirement as Tarrant County judge" adopted May 4, 2007, retreived [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref>
===US House of Representaties===
Tom Vandegriff was elected to the newly formed Texas 26th Congressional District and represented Arlington from 1983-1985.<ref name=CongressBio>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000026 Congressional biography from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref>
===County Judge===
Tom Vandergriff served 4 terms as County Judge<ref>Smith, Dick, ''The Texas Handbook Online'', [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/muc9.html County Judge], retrieved [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref> for [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant County]], from 1991 until 2007.<ref name=HR18>[http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HR00018F.htm Texas House Resolution 18] "Commending the Honorable Tom J. Vandergriff of Arlington on the occasion of his retirement as Tarrant County judge" adopted May 4, 2007, retreived [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref>
==Non-political career==
===Texas Rangers===
As Mayor, Tom Vandergriff brought the newly renamed Texas Rangers to Arlington. He served as a TV broadcaster from 1975 to 1977<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/tex/history/broadcasters.jsp Rangers Broadcasters], retrieved [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref> and was inducted into the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)#Texas Rangers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] in [[2004]].<ref>[http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/tex/history/rangers_hall_of_famers.jsp The Official Site of the Texas Rangers: History: Rangers Hall of Famers], retrieved [[July 7]][[2007]]</ref>
===Businesses===
Tom Vandergriff worked in his family's businesses including a chain of car dealerships<ref>Vandergriff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1902-1992, Hooker Vandergriff Family Collection, 1935-1998, bulk 939-1986, available from the [http://library.uta.edu/guideToArchives/guideHist8.jsp University of Texas at Arlington Library's archives]. Web site retreived [[July 7]][[2007]].</ref>


==See Also==
*[[Arlington, Texas]]
*[[Texas Rangers (baseball)]]
*[[98th United States Congress]]


==For Further Reading==
*The North Texas Commission, [http://www.ntc-dfw.org/news/newsarchives/regionalchampion04.html Judge Tom Vandergriff Named Regional Champion], retrieved [[July 7]][[2007]], includes extended list of political achievements
==References==
<nowiki>{{reflist|2}}</nowiki>


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Revision as of 19:21, 7 July 2007

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You said: I would like to write an article on H.O.P.E Tutoring Center, an award-winning and locally notable Arlington literacy charity. However, I'm concerned that it might not qualify as notable by Wikipedia standards. What do you think?

I'd say, read the guidelines at notability and see if you can provide any evidence of notability based on what you see there. Make sure that you put the article into appropriate categories and include some kind of reliable, published sources for verifiability. Worst thing that happens is it gets deleted, but you might as well try, so long as it doesn't take you ages and ages. :) Lawikitejana 06:29, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've looked that the Notability requirements and it's a marginal case. That's why I asked for advice. I'm temporarily away from editing, but when I get back I'll probably focus on improving existing articles and stubs like Tom Vandergriff. I hope to be back by the end of the summer. LoneStarDavid 02:57, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

I am currently blocked from editing. A have been working with an administrator regarding this block. I asked him where to create new or replacement articles. He said do it on my talk page. The Test replacement for Tom Vandergriff stub is the first such article. LoneStarDavid 19:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Test replacement for Tom Vandergriff stub

Notes for other editors

  • Note: Need info on predecessor as County Judge, need more accomplishments as County Judge and Congressman, need to add a free photo, need to put in date of political party switch.
  • Note: Should the 3 infoboxes be stacked as a single 3-row box? They are not related so I left them separate.
  • Note: Need to verify WP:BIO complied with done
  • Note: Need to verify WP:BLP complied with request review, particularly for bias favoring subject and poor quality sources. For web sources it is difficult to tell if a source is self-published as described in WP:BLP.
  • Note: Need outside input on whether I should add personal information, such as marraiges and parentage. Other than the family businesses, such information is not notable and not widely reported for this subject. I left it out for that reason. One of the references leads to information about the family, that should be enough for researchers.

begin article

Honorable
Tommy Joe Vandergriff
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 26th district
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
Succeeded byDick Armey
ConstituencyPortions of the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas metropolitan area
Personal details
BornJanuary 29, 1926
Carrollton, TX
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Arlington, Texas
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Occupationpolitician and businessman
Congressional biography[1], Texas House Resolution 18, 2007[2]
Honorable
Tommy Joe Vandergriff
Mayor
In office
April 3,1951 – January 11,1977
Preceded byB. C. Barnes
Succeeded byS. J. Stovall
ConstituencyArlington, Texas
City of Arlington Hall of Mayors[3]
Honorable
Tommy Joe Vandergriff
County Judge
In office
1991–January,2007
Preceded bymissing information
Succeeded byB. Glen Whitley
ConstituencyTarrant County, Texas
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
List of elected officials, 2005[4]


Tommy Joe Vandergriff (born January 29, 1926) is the recently retiredcounty judge for Tarrant County, Texas.

He served as Mayor of Arlington from 1951 to 1977 and as a U.S. Congressman from the 26th Texas Congressional District from 1983-1985.

He is best known as being influential in bringing Major League Baseball to North Texas; While serving as mayor of Arlington, Texas he convinced the Washington Senators franchise owner Robert Short to relocate his Washington Senators ballclub to Arlington. In the early days of the club, Tom also served as a broadcaster for the team as well.

Political career

Mayor of Arlington, 1951-1977

During his 26 years as Mayor of Arlington, Tom Vandergriff brought a General Motors assembly plant into Arlington, 1953,[5] convinced the Washington Senators to move to Arlington and become the Texas Rangers, 1972,[6] saw Arlington State College elevated to University status and became the University of Texas at Arlington,[2] helped create the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport,[2] and saw his city grow from about 8,000 people to over 120,000.[2]

US House of Representaties

Tom Vandegriff was elected to the newly formed Texas 26th Congressional District and represented Arlington from 1983-1985.[1]

County Judge

Tom Vandergriff served 4 terms as County Judge[7] for Tarrant County, from 1991 until 2007.[2]

Non-political career

Texas Rangers

As Mayor, Tom Vandergriff brought the newly renamed Texas Rangers to Arlington. He served as a TV broadcaster from 1975 to 1977[8] and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.[9]

Businesses

Tom Vandergriff worked in his family's businesses including a chain of car dealerships[10]


See Also


For Further Reading

References

{{reflist|2}}


Template:USRSB
Preceded by Mayors of Arlington, Texas
1951-1977 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
missing information
 Tarrant County, Texas County Judges
1991-2007 		Succeeded by

[[Category:1926 births|Vandergriff, Tom]] [[Category:Living people|Vandergriff, Tom]] [[Category:People from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area|Vandergriff, Tom]] [[Category:People from Texas|Vandergriff, Tom]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas|Vandergriff, Tom]] [[Category:Texas politicians|Vandergriff, Tom]] [[Category:Mayors of places in Texas|Vandergriff, Tom]] [[Category:Leaders of cities in Texas|Vandergriff, Tom]]

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  1. ^ a b Congressional biography from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  2. ^ a b c d e Texas House Resolution 18 "Commending the Honorable Tom J. Vandergriff of Arlington on the occasion of his retirement as Tarrant County judge" adopted May 4, 2007, retreived July 72007
  3. ^ City of Arlington, Texas, City of Arlington Hall of Mayors, retrieved July 72007
  4. ^ Elected Officials Representing Tarrant County as of January 1, 2005, retrieved July 72007
  5. ^ General Motors Celebrates 50 Years In Arlinton, retrieved July 72007
  6. ^ Pfeifle, Eric (June 21, 2001). "TEXAS RANGERS". Handbook of Texas Online. The Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2007-07-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ Smith, Dick, The Texas Handbook Online, County Judge, retrieved July 72007
  8. ^ Rangers Broadcasters, retrieved July 72007
  9. ^ The Official Site of the Texas Rangers: History: Rangers Hall of Famers, retrieved July 72007
  10. ^ Vandergriff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1902-1992, Hooker Vandergriff Family Collection, 1935-1998, bulk 939-1986, available from the University of Texas at Arlington Library's archives. Web site retreived July 72007.
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