Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ole Tronstad


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The result was delete. Core desat 03:49, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Ole Tronstad

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Mayor of small place (pop 5,938), no big achievements outside of the field, so fails notability (see WP:AFDP). Punkmorten 23:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Jonathan 01:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * keep. 6,000 is quite a crowd. And longtime mayor, too. This encyclopedia has articles about rabbis with several dozen disciples. Mukadderat 21:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The last sentence is WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, please avoid it, it adds nothing to the debate. Opinions should always be founded in a relevant policy or guideline. In case you didn't read the link in the nomination, here's the relevant part: "Mayors of major cities 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". Let's look at WP:BIO as well: "Politicians who have held international, national or statewide/provincewide office, and members and former members of a national, state or provincial legislature." - he fails. "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage." - no coverage shown. "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such a person may be notable for other reasons besides their political careers alone." - no such other reasons shown. Punkmorten 22:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete All info here could be included in Inderøy article. Merge if there is a volunteer, but delete this unreferenced and therefore unprovable notable article Victuallers 22:56, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, WP:BIO. Bearian 00:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable politician that fulfills all three base criteria (notablility expressed, followed lining people criteria and included non-trival coverage by reliable, third-party source). It further satisfies the criteria "major local political figures who have received significant press coverage." This is because Tronstad has been a Mayor of Inderøy (a place of notable size) elected inn for a period that will total 12 years. A serch on among other places Sesam shows that Tronstad has been "written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists." Due to both his position as Mayor and as Chairman in Nord-Trøndelag Centre Party he receives multiple press coverage from a range of regional media, including articles concerned soley about him and his position (including winning the election in Inderøy and appointance of Chairman) and these articles are non-trivial, feature articles. Thus, Ole Tronstad fulfills all relevant criteria for in WP:Bio. Arsenikk 13:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Are you kidding? Mayor of a town of 6,000, good grief. WP:BIO. Are we now to have an article on every mayor of every small town. Inderøy is not "a place of notable size". Merge with Inderøy would maybe be OK. Herostratus 18:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


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