Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mayor of Sandwich


 * 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 speedy keep per nominator withdrawal and no recommendations for delete (WP:CSK). While there is a suggestion of a move to List of mayors of Sandwich, that article already redirects to this one, as there is no indication of notability issues of either, discussion can proceed elsewhere regarding most appropriate title. (non-admin closure) Goldsztajn (talk) 21:01, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Mayor of Sandwich

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Completely unreliable The Banner  talk 21:18, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: Pinging to see if they can provide the sources they received from the city. Curbon7 (talk) 21:31, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Also @nominator, please write a better nomination rationale next time. Curbon7 (talk) 21:32, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I started a discussion on the talkpage before nominating the article. But when you see edits like changing William Ive (died c.1387) into William Ive (died c.1387) (i.e. changing a blue link into a red link) nd a comment (NB: All names added by me, ProvNotes, are confirmed directly from the office of the Mayor of Sandwich. Any links from these names have been auto-generated by the system and not by myself) shows a lack of care. The Banner  talk 02:45, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 21:32, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 21:32, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 21:32, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Needs massive delinking: hardly any of the blue links are plausible, many links are to dab pages. Pam  D  22:09, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep if there are issues with sourcing, it could be reverted. I see the source I gave when I started it has been deleted, I assume just an error. It was created as this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_Sandwich&type=revision&diff=1052011103&oldid=929796323 Very basic and incomplete, but accurate and sourced. Clearly a notable topic. Boleyn (talk) 17:39, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It was not the lack of sourcing that was the main problem, it was the unreliability of the content. The Banner  talk 12:29, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * speedy keep-per as above.Best Regards.--- ✨Lazy Maniik✨  08:00, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * So you prefer to keep an unreliable article with many incorrect links? The Banner  talk 08:16, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment The editor who added the problematic entries has now gutted the list, adding a comment which says that they did not understand they were adding links (what software are they using? Is that how the Virtual Editor behaves?). I have reverted the list to its state before the recent spate of edits, plus the AfD notice. Pam  D  07:38, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, clearly a notable topic, irrespective of any problems with the current article. Move to List of mayors of Sandwich, for consistency with mayors of other places in Kent: List of mayors of Faversham, List of mayors of Margate, List of mayors of Dover and List of mayors of Canterbury. Verbcatcher (talk) 12:07, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Speedy close as keep, as nominator Now that the unreliable content is removed, there is no need to maintain this nomination. The Banner  talk 12:34, 29 October 2021 (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.