Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Johnson (Missouri)


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The result was   keep.  Jujutacular  talk 17:38, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

John Johnson (Missouri)

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This guy was a non-notable architect and he was mayor of Kansas City for 35 days. WP:POLITICIAN says that mayors are notable if they received major news coverage but I'm not finding anything. According to WP:GNG, he would need significant coverage in independent, reliable sources and I'm not seeing any of that either. Hopefully someone can come up with some sources that prove notability, but until then I'm requesting deletion. Tavix | Talk  22:33, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - He was mayor of a major city (which on its face should be enough to make him notable), designed its first City Hall, and designed the forerunner of a major Kansas City landmark hotel that is on the National Register of Historic Places. KChistory.org (at the KC Public Library) lists more than 20 sources for items about him.Americasroof (talk) 03:50, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * PS - WP:POLITICIAN says Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion, as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city. Kansas City is a major metropolitan city.Americasroof (talk) 04:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * PPS: "Generally speaking" is a gray area. Just because someone is a mayor of a city doesn't automatically grant them notability. Tavix | Talk  23:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep All mayors of kansas city are notable. Shii (tock) 05:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Where do you get idea from? 4/45 of Kansas City's mayors don't even have articles. Tavix | Talk  23:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment So what? Just because something/someone doesn't have an article, it doesn't mean that it's/they're not notable. Bazonka (talk) 12:35, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


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 * Keep per Americasroof. If his being mayor of KC is not enough, designing its city hall would be.--Chaser (talk) 18:58, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
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