Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corey Woods (Tempe)


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The result was Keep. WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) ‎ __EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ Bruxton (talk) 01:40, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Corey Woods (Tempe)

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Lack of notability.

The office of mayor of Tempe is not notable or influential enough to give its officeholder automatic notability.

The office just isn't particularly noteworthy. One piece of evidence of that is that Ballotpedia doesn't even appear to give Tempe mayoral elections or the office itself their own dedicated articles.

Tempe is a tertiary population center within its metro area. Mayors of Tempe do not tend to carry widespread political influence or over their metro area, unlike mayors of similarly-populous communities that are the primary anchor of metro areas. This should be evidenced by the fact that other mayors of Tempe largely lack articles and many mayors of similar suburban cities also lack articles.

If he does something of particular note, he would then warrant an article. But as far as I can tell, he hasn't. SecretName101 (talk) 01:41, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Bibliographies,  and Arizona. SecretName101 (talk) 01:41, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep I think there is enough to deem him notable. Woods has successfully promoted several multi-billion dollar projects in Tempe, he has been appointed to both state and national housing roles, and he is the 2nd African-American mayor in the state of Arizona in a not insignificant city (population 180,000 and 140th largest in the US). He is one of 4 mayors of Tempe that have a wikipage. Patapsco913 (talk) 03:08, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Patapsco913 The projects are important. But is his role in them ("promoting") principal enough that by virtue his involvement affords him notability? SecretName101 (talk) 09:28, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Many of the independently notable things this article lists are just stuff that happened while he was mayor. The article does not specify him as playing any significant role, for instance, in the streetcar (a project which was set in motion and underway before his mayoralty). It just says it happened to be completed during his term.
 * Several things don't draw a strong connection with him. For instance, 911 program bit doesn't say he had anything to do with creating it, just that he touted it as a positive.
 * Things like the wastewater surveillance bit are a good starting point though. SecretName101 (talk) 09:33, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:35, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep notable local politician. Andre🚐 04:00, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable person, plenty of sources, search of newspapers have many hits.  Dr vulpes  (💬 • 📝) 10:21, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hits for a search term are not sufficient to establish notability SecretName101 (talk) 18:25, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep – the key notability factor for local politicians is "significant press coverage" (WP:NPOL). He meets the requirement. And as things heat up in Arizona politics the press coverage will increase. – S. Rich (talk) 19:31, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:NPOL. Being mayor of Tempe and receiving significant press coverage pass the bar. Marquardtika (talk) 19:03, 19 April 2023 (UTC)


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