Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Gammon


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  03:43, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Alan Gammon

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Advertorialized WP:AUTOBIO of a smalltown mayor, not reliably sourced as passing WP:NPOL #2. The notability claim here is that he was the mayor of a small town whose mayors are appointed within the town council rather than being directly elected by the general public, which is not an instant notability freebie in the absence of proper sourcing to establish that he could be credibly claimed as a special case of significantly greater notability than most other small-town/appointed mayors -- but the article is written more like a résumé than a proper encyclopedia article, and is referenced to a mix of primary sources that aren't support for notability at all with a small smattering of run of the mill local coverage in the local media where coverage of local mayors is simply expected. Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to be referenced much, much better than this. Bearcat (talk) 19:14, 4 November 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 12:03, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:14, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:14, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete being mayor of a small seaside town does not confer notability, and neither does anything else in this rather exhaustive list of accomplishments. Mccapra (talk) 22:46, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Winning local offices does not meet WP:NPOL and there doesn't seem to be enough significant coverage to warrant an article. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 13:15, 19 November 2021 (UTC)


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