Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed Tauer


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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 21:11, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Ed Tauer

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If kept, this article needs to be cleaned up pretty well. There are a couple good potential sources about him after he left office:   The other articles I can find about him are WP:MILL articles which discuss the inner workings of city council or are governmental press releases - there's not much else out there about him specifically apart from him getting quoted in an article about something city-related. In my opinion he fails WP:GNG, as does his father who was also mayor of Aurora, Paul Tauer, so I'm bringing it here before taking an ax to what's currently in the article. (EDIT: this is an AfD for Ed Tauer ONLY.) SportingFlyer  talk  05:33, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:58, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:58, 29 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete This is another case of people confusing title for function. Aurora is a council-manager city. The city is run by the city manager, not the mayor. The title of mayor is held by a person elected to that office who is de facto council president, but since he is not chosen as such by the council, may or may not have any power. He is really no more powerful than any other member of the city council. This city is not large enough that council members are default notable, and we lack sourcing to show that he is truly significant. Too often in cases like this people confuse name dropping for actual coverage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:23, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mayors are not handed an automatic presumption of notability under WP:NPOL #2 in council-manager cities regardless of their size — a mayor's ability to qualify for the "keep and flag for refimprove" treatment is conditional on the mayoralty of that city being a directly elected executive position, not a ceremonial one whose power is subordinate to the city manager's — but this is referenced nowhere near well enough to get him over WP:GNG as the subject of significant coverage. Bearcat (talk) 18:31, 4 June 2018 (UTC)


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