Talk:James W. Porter II

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Sources

Adding some sources:

"New NRA leader James Porter has history of controversial rhetoric". CBS Interactive. Associated Press. May 4, 2013.
Lapidos, Juliet (May 3, 2013). "Meet the New N.R.A. President". New York Times (blog).
Phillip, Abby (May 3, 2013). "New NRA President Jim Porter Knocked 'Fake President' Obama". ABC News Internet Ventures.
Schmidt, Gina (2013). "Meet President Porter". NRA Publications. National Rifle Association.
Ungar, Rick (May 3, 2013). "Meet Your New NRA President-A Man Still Fighting The Civil War From The Losing Side". Forbes (Opinion). Retrieved 24 April 2015.
"Member Profile: Jim Porter". NRA On the Record. Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. April 23, 2015.

--Lightbreather (talk) 18:55, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Incoming - Allan Cors

Incoming president (Spring 2015) Allan D. Cors:

"An Exclusive Interview with the NRA's New President, Allan Cors". American Rifleman. National Rifle Association. April 14, 2015.

--Lightbreather (talk) 19:18, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

I have added the notability template to this article as I am not convinced the subject meets the criteria for WP:Notability (people).

As far as I can tell, Porter has no professional achievements in his career as an attorney that would confer notability in their own right. It all stems from "he was NRA President for two years", which also does not confer notability unless he did or achieved some significant project or reform during office (several other NRA Presidents do not have articles either).

There are only 6 references, one is a business directory listing (useful background but doesn't confer notability), another is an internal/non-independent podcast. Two do refer to him directly in the context of "new NRA President". The Buzzfeed article makes very passing reference in the context of Butina, but does not discuss Porter in any way. A search of google news turns up very little.

My personal view is this article should probably be nominated for deletion unless some notable achievements/coverage (specific to Porter, not merely a passing reference from the Butina scandal) exist. Hemmers (talk) 09:58, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]