Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benny Rayburn


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:47, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Benny Rayburn

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County Sheriff who fails WP:NPOL. The sources used-4 dead links to what appear to have been election results, an unlinked press statement, his Social Security death record, and a family written obituary-do not come close to establishing WP:GNG GPL93 (talk) 20:57, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. The office that runs elections in Louisiana has a new web site at https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/Pages/default.aspx I couldn't find historical election results there, but you might have better luck. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 21:46, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete historical election results from the state office over such things are pimary sources, they in no way show encyclopedic notability. Not everyone elected sheffid of all 5000+ counties in the US (or at least those that have an elected sheirrif) is notable. It should be noted that in the US the sheirrif is head of police at the county level, he has no authority over other government functions. Most are directly elected while most heads of city police are appointed. There are exceptions. Another complicating factor is that in some areas the sherrif has primarily jurisdiction over the non-city parts of the county, in other areas he holds more strong jurisdiction. Another key factor is that the sherrif does not have the adility to prosecute or empanel grand juries, these are the decisions of the county prosecutor/district attorney, depending on the terminology in the state. In most places the county prosecutor/district attorney prosecutes all criminal cases in the entire county. Most government prosecutors are elected, and they normally have much more power than the sherrif.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:19, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete intense coverage, mostly regional, some national, when he was charged along with his Dad and 2 brothers, on federal charges involving a commercial gambling scheme. All four were acquitted.  Coverage of political campaigns, term as sheriff look WP:MILL.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:26, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete this text that's suitable only after Wikipedia changes over to include everything in the universe. Until then, such articles have no place here. Subject fails WP:NPOLITICIAN. -The Gnome (talk) 12:58, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


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