Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emil Kolb (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 19:09, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Emil Kolb
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WP:BLP of a smalltown mayor and county official, with no reliable source coverage to get him past WP:NPOL — the only reference cited here is a dead link which lists the subject as its author and was apparently hosted on the website of one of his colleagues, which is therefore a primary source. Further, the article's content mostly boils down to a bulleted list of municipal committees that he's been on, thus shading into résumé territory, and contains such enlightening insights into his career as ''“I still do my chores every day,” says Mr. Kolb. “Each morning before I come to work, I feed the cattle.” I'm willing to withdraw this if the article's quality and sourcing can be beefed up significantly, but under 2014-vintage sourcing and notability standards he can't keep an article in this'' state. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 01:23, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 01:23, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 01:23, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep I can find numerous news stories and a detailed biography (stroke per Bearcat's comment). Some has been added to the article.--180.172.239.231 (talk) 02:10, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That "detailed biography" is just a reprint of Wikipedia content, and thus isn't a valid source under WP:CIRCULAR. As for the others, find me some reliable sources — community weeklies like the Brampton Guardian and the Caledon Citizen don't cut it, because we deprecate locally distributed community weeklies as not being widely distributed enough to demonstrate that a person belongs in an encyclopedia. And kindly note that I said the article's basic quality needed some pretty significant adjustment too — we don't care whether he feeds his cows or not, for starters. Bearcat (talk) 02:15, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. He has enough significant news coverage for WP:GNG. Tchaliburton (talk) 19:51, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Has significant news coverage where? Again, the Brampton Guardian and the Caledon Citizen don't meet our reliable sourcing standards — community weeklies would be valid for additional confirmation of facts after you'd added enough major-daily (Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Hamilton Spectator, etc.) coverage to get him past GNG, but community weeklies are not widely distributed enough (or readily consultable if we ever need to reverify what the source said) to satisfy GNG if they are the main or only sourcing in the article. Bearcat (talk) 07:22, 23 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Minor local politician with local coverage. Nothing of the level to make him encyclopedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:26, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  → Call me  Hahc  21  02:50, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Delete He's a local politician with the usual local coverage. There's nothing to show he meets any notability standards.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.118.229.17 (talk) 17:51, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 09:28, 7 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Being a mayor of a small town is not enough to meet WP:NPOLITICIAN and all of the coverage seems to be routine local coverage that you'd find in any town. Papaursa (talk) 18:29, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Upon reading the guidelines, it clearly fails a pass, so to speak. --75* 23:31, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Doesn't have a sufficient elected political status to clear the Special Notability Guideline for politicians and does not pass GNG independently of his political role. Carrite (talk) 11:15, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
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