Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mayors of West Lafayette, Indiana


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was merge to West Lafayette. Spartaz Humbug! 21:04, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

List of mayors of West Lafayette, Indiana

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Completing this nom for, who meant to nominate this article originally. Basic list of non-notable mayors for this small city, not really easily merged to the West Lafayette, Indiana article either as it consists of public servants with low notability.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 15:11, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - I think WP:NOTEVERYTHING covers this best. This is an unnecessary content fork of content with good sources could maybe be in the settlement article. It wasn't before. But...there aren't good sources. The list is very incomplete. We don't really need a list of mayors article for a city of 45,000. We certainly don't need a partial list. John from Idegon (talk) 15:31, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: We have many "list of mayors" articles.  Peruse Category:Lists of mayors, you could spend hours upon hours just to get a feel for the extent of our coverage.  I was easily able to add some cites to this one, and I am sure this could be expanded (e.g., a column on notable accomplishments of particular mayors).  The idea that "we don't need a list of mayors article for a city of 45,000" has no persuasive weight, in my opinion.  However, I can understand that the mere list without citation looks spare and to some editors that invites an AfD; however, I think it only needs a little help like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.  Surely a list of mayors could fit in the city article itself (or some other branch article from the city article) if not this article.--Milowent • hasspoken  16:05, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: As stated above, Wikipedia has a wide array of cities in which the list of mayors has been added. West Lafayette is a rather influential city in the state of Indiana, and as such this meets notability guidelines, it just needs work. SuperChris (talk) 18:01, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 04:32, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 04:32, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 04:32, 21 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep While none of the mayors may be notable themselves, there's enough coverage of the position for the list to pass notability guidelines. SportingFlyer  talk  18:03, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge: I think this article should be merged into West Lafayette, Indiana. Of the articles regarding cities with similar populations, a large majority of them do not have a lists of mayors separate from the city article. In fact, if my research is correct, most of the city articles with a population similar to West Lafayette did not have a mention of past mayors at all, whether in the city page or on a separate article. With this in mind, I don't believe that West Lafayette's former mayors are important enough to warrant a separate article. However, I think that this page's information is notable enough to be merged into the article for West Lafayette, and that it could be merged in without detracting from the page. Bedfordres (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:50, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep There would be sufficient coverage to keep and maintain a list of mayors of most (if not all) incorporated places. --Enos733 (talk) 05:56, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge to West Lafayette. As long as they're properly referenced so that we can verify that the information is accurate, lists of cities' mayors are not an invalid or unreasonable thing for us to maintain — their notability or non-notability as individuals has a bearing on whether they should have standalone biographical articles about them or not, but is not relevant to the includability of a list of their names. So the only real question here is whether this needs to be its own standalone article, or whether they should be listed in the city's article instead — and with just nine mayors listed, which is not enough to overwhelm the city's not overly long article, I'm of the view that listing them in the city's article should be enough. Bearcat (talk) 15:50, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge Short enough list that it will fit comfortably in the main article. Reywas92Talk 01:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge into the main town article - the list is valuable and encyclopedic, but does not merit a separate article.  Richard 0612  10:45, 26 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.