Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mayors of the 5 largest cities by state in the United States


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. ✗ plicit  14:46, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

List of mayors of the 5 largest cities by state in the United States

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Random intersection of characteristics. There is nothing that makes this grouping notable or connected, the "5 largest cities" in one state are small villages in another (e.g. 5th largest in Alaska has less than 10,000 inhabitants), and there is nothing special compared to the 6th, 7th, ... Fram (talk) 12:13, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Lists of people,  and United States of America. Fram (talk) 12:13, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails WP:NLIST as there is no significant coverage of this particular group. Nagol0929 (talk) 13:08, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete I could imagine List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States, which this was clearly based on, being expanded, but I don't see why we need this list to artificially include very small towns whose elections receive no attention outside of them. Reywas92Talk 14:56, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete An utterly pointless list whose only purpose seems to be to add edits to someone's count and to avert boredom that could be expended on much more notable articles. Just because you want to sort data in this manner doesn't mean anyone else wants to read it.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 17:20, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * That's fuckin' uproarious. What you just described applies to most of the upper tiers of WP:MAW.  Instead of scrutinizing their work, instead we write Signpost articles spinning their non-accomplishments into something profound. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  03:52, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - Does not meet NLIST. No RS for this group as a group. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 20:55, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Per everyone above, especially Last1in. It is hard to see this as a WP:SPINOFF list, so, we expect RS for the list of mayors as a group. - --Enos733 (talk) 17:33, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete fine whatever im not in the mood for this, i should've known not to spend over a year making this. WeaponizingArchitecture  &#124;  scream at me  14:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I've not done a complete check, but only around 10 of the 240+ listed here are not listed at the United States Conference of Mayors database, which uses a population threshold of 30,000. Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics lists all women mayors in cities over 30,000. If this list were limited to cities with populations over 30,000, I think we'd have sourcing to satisfy WP:NLIST: There is no present consensus for how to assess the notability of more complex and cross-categorization lists (such as "Lists of X of Y") or what other criteria may justify the notability of stand-alone lists, although non-encyclopedic cross-categorizations are touched upon in Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not § Wikipedia is not a directory. Lists that fulfill recognized informational, navigation, or development purposes often are kept regardless of any demonstrated notability. (my emphasis) Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 03:51, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NLIST. Best, GPL93 (talk) 14:36, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment No opinion on the notability or lack thereof of this list. This discussion is one more example of how it's meaningless to work on U.S. states as topic areas, because the context of that topic area will never be respected so long as editors treat those states as venues to satisfy a "one size fits all" mentality.  Never mind that I have nothing to offer in furtherance of big-city minutiae. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  03:52, 14 November 2023 (UTC)


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