Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gabriel J. Campana


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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  09:54, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Gabriel J. Campana

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As far as I can tell, this fellow solidly fails WP:POLITICIAN as a small-town mayor. I don't see any coverage outside of Williamsport other than an apparently ugly custody battle with his ex-wife to satisfy WP:GNG Toddst1 (talk) 21:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Toddst1 (talk) 21:20, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Williamsport, though not a large city, is the largest town for about 70 miles in any direction and is a regional center. There is some coverage of him, like the nominator stated about the divorce, but also about a write-in campaign as well as an investigation, his re-election, some shootings:, a MLB game in a Little League city, the gas boom, his loss, etc. It's not surprising that most of the coverage is local, but there is some coverage from elsewhere in the state and country. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 15:10, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete or possibly Redirect to List of mayors of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.IceFishing (talk) 18:27, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per . It appears sufficient coverage exists for this subject to meet notability guidelines. The claim that he is only a minor politician is a subjective opinion not based on policy. — Hunter Kahn 19:03, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: In fact, it is based on WP:POLITICIAN which is a Notability guideline. Toddst1 (talk) 21:36, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Right, but that says local politicians may still warrant an article of they recieve significant coverage and meet WP:GNG, so we should follow that. — Hunter Kahn 22:56, 17 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep, per . The town seems to have regional prominence which is acceptable under WP:POLOUTCOMES. Also, the subject does have significant coverage which could fall under WP:GNG.Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 06:48, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Question: Checkers, per WP:POLOUTCOMES, "the article should say more than just "Jane Doe is the mayor of Cityville". That's pretty much all the article says about him plus a bunch of trivia about parents, car, education. Right? Toddst1 (talk) 17:32, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisting for one more visit by our fair reviewers.
 * The sources that I can find, and that others reference are in the local paper. As User:Toddst1 states, neither the career not the sources pass WP:POLITICIAN or WP:GNG.IceFishing (talk) 23:19, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete too localized references. Williamsport is not a city so major that the mayor is default notable and the references do not add up to showing notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:20, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 22:07, 23 January 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Struggling with this one - regional importance? Too many sources that are localized? Does the subject pass WP:POLITICIAN and/or WP:GNG?
 * Keep - mayor of a city of regional importance. Bearian (talk) 15:51, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 18:54, 30 January 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: One last try then closing as No consensus.
 * No way Williamsport is a city of "regional importance," except insofar as there isn't much else in the region. Sure, its the county seat, every county has a seat.  This one has ~ 29,000 people.  I'll give Williamsport this: the Little League World Series.  Beyond that it's just a country seat in a county with a lot of trees.  And its mayor got coverage in the local paper.  I really can see no indication of notability.IceFishing (talk) 16:56, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  N0nsensical.system (err0r?)(.log) 09:24, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Being local does not render a source non-independent or unreliable. I don't see anyone claiming that these publications are controlled by the mayor, that Williamsport lacks a free press, or that any of these publications are unreliable on Williamsport topics.  Ergo, there doesn't appear to be any actual reason for deletion here; the GNG is met.  That said, given that WP:N and the GNG, as actually written, are about how to structure content rather than whether to include it at all, it seems like it might be ideal to merge and redirect this article to Mayor of Williamsport (preferably with sections created for at least some of the other 38 mayors as well). But we don't need AfD for that.  -- Visviva (talk) 22:39, 11 February 2020 (UTC)


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