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Autobiographical articles are strongly discouraged but that is what this appears to be: it was written by User:Harris DC about the Harris County District Clerk. Whilst I commend the author for removing the most peacocky of the content within the article when advised to do so, this still remains an entirely flattering and one-sided profile of a subject whose political career depends on a positive public perception and appears to fall foul of WP:SOAP. Then there is the question of notability: WP:POLITICIAN notes that elected politicians at state level or greater are generally notable, but this is a county post. Not all the refs mention the subject and those that do are doubtful in terms of meeting WP:GNG. I have strong reservations about the article's neurality and there does not appear to be sufficient notability to justify its inclusion. I42 (talk) 19:46, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The office he was elected to is nowhere near high enough for him to meet our notability guidelines for politicians. Article can be recreated if he moves up to a higher office. No other persuasive claim to notability is made. Cullen328 (talk) 20:21, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I originally deleted it per {{db-g11}} as spam and restored it (reluctantly) per author Harris DC's complaint on my talk page. After restoration, Harris DC removed speedy deletion tags and Collinsbarry showed up for a single edit to do the same. I agree completely with the nominator's deletion rationale and with Cullen 348. – Athaenara ✉ 23:20, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Those contributing to the page are new to wikipedia. Athaenara is right in that the guidelines on rules where not initially followed, but that has since ceased after being put on notice by same.

The office answers to 4.3 million tax payers. The office holder was voted in by over half a million voters in the 2010 election (with over 1.2 million people total voting in this race alone). The county is the largest in TX. The DA (district attorney Pat Lykos has her own page, yet without the district clerk to manage the Sheriff and DA's criminal intake PLUS the 74 countywide courts and staff and paperwork/ filings that go withit, she cannot do her job and prosecute any criminals.

It is a farce to say that this position is not notable when the office controls 500 employees and 26.6 million dollars in budget. It is a farce when the district clerk of the largest county in Texas gets elected with more votes than candidate for US senate or Governor in other states like Delaware. I understand that the username was in conflict, but i just picked a name. My goal is to flesh out the existing Harris County website with a note on each of its office holders.

Not sure the editors are aware, but Houston is only one third of Harris County (and resides almost entirely inside the county). More people voted for District Clerk then for Mayor Anise Parker.--Harris DC (talk) 14:39, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Those contributing to the page are new to wikipedia.  Athaenara is right in that the guidelines on rules where not initially followed, but that has since ceased after being put on notice by same.
-The office answers to 4.3 million tax payers.  The office holder was voted in by over half a million voters in the 2010 election (with over 1.2 million people total voting in this race alone).  The county is the largest in TX.  The DA (district attorney [[Pat Lycos]] has her own page, yet without the district clerk to manage the Sheriff and DA's criminal intake PLUS the 74 countywide courts and staff and paperwork/ filings that go withit, she cannot do her job and prosecute any criminals.
+The office answers to 4.3 million tax payers.  The office holder was voted in by over half a million voters in the 2010 election (with over 1.2 million people total voting in this race alone).  The county is the largest in TX.  The DA (district attorney [[Pat Lykos]] has her own page, yet without the district clerk to manage the Sheriff and DA's criminal intake PLUS the 74 countywide courts and staff and paperwork/ filings that go withit, she cannot do her job and prosecute any criminals.
 It is a farce to say that this position is not notable when the office controls 500 employees and 26.6 million dollars in budget.  It is a farce when the district clerk of the largest county in Texas gets elected with more votes than candidate for US senate or Governor in other states like [[Delaware]].  I understand that the username was in conflict, but i just picked a name.  My goal is to flesh out the existing [[Harris County]] website with a note on each of its office holders.