Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ernie McAlister


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The result was delete. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 20:55, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Ernie McAlister

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A four-sentence stub that's been a four-sentence stub since 2004. Sources exist since he was a town mayor in the mid-naughts, but I don't see anything that stands out that's not WP:MILL mentions of him as a mayor or any articls about him, with the exception for an article about his being elected with multiple sclerosis here:. I can't find any other articles about the subject specifically, and am not even sure if this is a living person. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. SportingFlyer  talk  06:03, 16 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep SportingFlyer He was mayor of Cary, unless you see something promotional I would assume it was notable at the time and got significant coverage. ChalkDrawings33 (talk) 06:24, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Mayors don't get assumed notability - they must pass WP:GNG, which I haven't seen here. We typically keep for larger cities because WP:GNG is easily met. SportingFlyer  talk  20:17, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 12:13, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 12:13, 16 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. While it's certainly true that Wikipedia articles have to be written neutrally and non-promotionally, that is not in and of itself the only condition that an article has to pass to get kept: the subject also has to actually pass a notability standard — which this article does not demonstrate that Ernie McAlister does, because the notability standard for mayors is not just "he exists" — and he actually has to pass WP:GNG on the article's referenceability to reliable source coverage about him in real media — which this article does not demonstrate that Ernie McAlister does, because the only "source" provided here at all is a blurb in the university alumni newsletter of his own alma mater, which is not a notability-assisting source. We do not keep articles about people who fail our notability standards just because the writing isn't blatantly advertorial — an article lives or dies on its sourceability, not just its writing tone. Bearcat (talk) 14:33, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete mayors are not default notable, and there is nothing beyond that he was mayor said in the article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:41, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's some local coverage, but this fails GNG/BASIC. Sam Sailor 18:11, 23 May 2018 (UTC)


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