User:Cullen328/Sandbox/Mansfield

The general notability guideline says that "The number and nature of reliable sources needed varies depending on the depth of coverage and quality of the sources. Multiple sources are generally expected." Our notability guideline for people says "If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability". This Google search shows 136 news stories that mention Angela Mansfield of Indianapolis. Admittedly, many are brief mentions, but the sheer number of times she has been discussed in reliable sources over the years convinces me that she is notable under WP:POLITICIAN.

Let me remind other editors that our notability guideline for people says "If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability". That is exactly the case with Angela Mansfield.

Mansfield's notability began at least as far back as 2002 as an official of the Indiana state budget agency here, here and here. As a city council member in 2005, Mansfield favored stricter controls on smoking here, here, here and here. She was endorsed for re-election in 2007 by the city's major newspaper here. The early vote count indicated that she had lost here. However, she won a narrow re-election victory here and here in a vote that involved charges of vote count irregularities here. In 2009, she's discussed in connection with redistricting here. In 2010, she criticized lack of accountability in the sale of water and sewer systems to private investors here. Also in 2010, she filed an ethics complaint against another council member here, and that council member promptly resigned. She also returned to advocacy of smoking bans in 2010 here.

Some of these stories are hidden behind pay walls, but I can assure other editors that my personal Google searches verify that every one of them discusses her in the context I've described.