Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Blad (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 20:26, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Brian Blad
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In 2009, this article was nominated for deletion (see Articles for deletion/Brian blad). The consensus was "keep." Fourteen years later, I believe that the 3 of 6 users who voted to keep, and the decision to keep the article were in error. The AfD invoked several ideas that do not appear to be consensus in 2023 such as "Pocatello is 51,000 population, and we almost always keep mayors for small cities of that size (from memory of recent AfDs, the cutoff seems to be somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000)". I would argue he never met GNG or WP:POLITICIAN, but lines like that do not coincide with consensus today and are what inspired me to raise the idea that he has never met GNG or WP:POLITICIAN.

There are two theoretical claims for notability. His role as a local politician and his role as a business owner. Local politicians are not automatically notable, nor are they not automatically not notable. Reasons a local politician could be notable are unusual longevity in service (see Robert L. Butler, Margaret Doud, or Hilmar Moore), an atypical level of coverage and fame (see a pre-Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman), or qualifying under another criteria in relation to their local political role (see Betty Loren-Maltese and Rita Crundwell as WP:CRIME). Nothing shows that Blad meets those criteria. The sources are local newspapers providing run of the mill coverage of any Mayor. As a businessman, Merlin's Insulation, while more of an accomplishment than I could hope to achieve. However, it is not Pepsi or Bain Capital or Uline where leadership/ownership could confer notability on a business owner.

The article should be deleted. Mpen320 (talk) 19:49, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Mpen320 (talk) 19:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions. Mpen320 (talk) 19:53, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. City-level politician fails WP:NPOL. From what I'm seeing on the web, there is no coverage in the media which would make him notable per WP:SIGCOV. I do not understand how 14 years ago other contributors could use a sole population number as justification for notability, when NPOL specifically states otherwise. // MitYehor (talk) 20:33, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete For local officials, the community's expectation is that the coverage illustrates the official accomplishment in office, such as the impact of policies championed by the subject. It often helps if a local official is covered in national or international news (See WP:POLOUTCOMES). In this case, the article is largely "they exist" I do note there are articles in Yahoo News and the New York Times mentioning the mayor, but only are very passing mentions.  --Enos733 (talk) 16:55, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Pocatello. A mayor of a city of 45,000 people is not automatically notable, and coverage for Blad is minimal and mundane. 14 years ago, we were still getting our feet wet, so to speak Now, we have more perspective. Bearian (talk) 19:47, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per above fails WP:NPOL.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 23:09, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. There’s not any WP:SIGCOV of the article subject, so it can’t establish notability and it fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. If either of these were met, I could understand the argument for keeping the article. However, deletion is the appropriate outcome given the lack of WP:SIGCOV and failure to satisfy WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. Shawn Teller (talk) 02:51, 2 March 2023 (UTC)


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