Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of selectmen of Freetown, Massachusetts


 * 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 Freetown,_Massachusetts. v/r - TP 23:05, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

List of selectmen of Freetown, Massachusetts

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List of mostly non-notable Selectmen from a town with a population of 8,870 Hirolovesswords (talk) 03:31, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


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 * Keep, but trim. Since the selectmen were, for at least some part of the town's history, the equivalents of mayors, this this is the equivalent of a list of past mayors of a small city. I think Wikipedia would keep a list of former mayors as a notable sort of topic. The list is sourced, which is good -- good sourcing for these kinds of lists can be hard to come by. However, the details of recent town elections are cruft that does not belong in the encyclopedia -- trim that out of the article. --Orlady (talk) 16:29, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:45, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia is not a directory. There is no "inherent notability" for every selectman from a small town. As a member of a governing committee, a selectman seems less notable than a mayor. Even in modern times, some of the winners only received a few hundred votes. The past practice in AFD  is summarized at Articles for deletion/Common outcomes which says in part: "Municipal politicians are not inherently notable just for being in politics, but neither are they inherently non-notable just because they are in local politics. Each case is evaluated on its own individual merits. Mayors of cities of at least regional prominence have usually survived AFD, although the article should say more than just "Jane Doe is the mayor of Cityville". Mayors of smaller towns, however, are generally deemed not notable just for being mayors, although they may be notable for other reasons in addition to their mayoralty. Note that this criterion has not generally been as restrictive as the criterion for city councillors. City councillors and other major municipal officers are not automatically notable, although precedent has tended to favor keeping members of the main citywide government of internationally famous metropolitan areas such as Toronto, Chicago, Tokyo or London." Edison (talk) 13:46, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge? Could this be merged into the Freetown Massachusetts page? No one here is suggesting that these selectman are noteable enough for their own page, the question is whether the position of selectman in Freetown is notable enough that it warants a giant list of all these (for the most part) non-notable polititians. My opinion is no, but a short summary of the most pertanent info on this page could be merged into a selectman subsection of the Freetown, MA page. --MATThematical (talk) 19:28, 21 June 2011 (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.