Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James R. Kern III


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 08:18, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

James R. Kern III

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Mayor of a township is not notable. accepted from AfC, but I can;t figureo ut why.  DGG ( talk ) 05:58, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 08:31, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 08:31, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Being a mayor of a township is not an inherent claim of notability, but being the youngest mayor in the state, accompanied by reliable and verifiable sources to support the claim, does meet the notability standard. The article needs work, but there are sources in the article already that can be used to expand the article and there are ample additional sources available about the subject of the article to justify retention. Alansohn (talk) 15:40, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * A person who held the status of being the youngest-ever mayor elected in a state or country might possibly qualify for an article on that basis (although even then I'd argue that the initial flurry of human interest coverage that greeted his election wouldn't be enough to support an article if he couldn't sustain a meaningful degree of "career notability" coverage after that faded) — but merely happening to be the youngest mayor who happens to be holding office at one particular point in time doesn't really cut it, no. Bearcat (talk) 01:32, 13 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Smalltown mayor with no particularly strong evidence of notability and no non-local media coverage. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 01:32, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:48, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - no major coverage found. Neonchameleon (talk) 03:17, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Nothing I've seen in the guideline for notability of people grants inherent notability to the youngest, oldest, shortest, tallest, fattest,  thinnest, richest or poorest mayor in a state. Such a claim bypasses and ignores the established notability guideline. Presently, reference 1 is his township website, which is not independent. References 2, 3, 4, and 6 are a local news website, which only shows he is of local interest to people in the Lehigh Valley.  Reference 5 makes no mention of him at all. This does not satisfy WP:BIO.  Edison (talk) 01:10, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete: Per WP:NPOL, is not a person who has held a statewide office. As other editors have noted, being youngest ever could be notable but youngest currently is likely not. No significant coverage either way. Ivanvector (talk) 06:29, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
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