Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Sorenson


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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 00:55, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Ryan Sorenson

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WP:BLP of a smalltown city councillor and as yet unelected mayoral candidate, not properly referenced as passing WP:NPOL #2. As always, people at the local level of political office are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist -- city councillors are normally notable enough for inclusion only in metropolitan cities on the order of New York City, Chicago or Los Angeles, mayoral candidates are never notable enough for inclusion anywhere if they don't have much stronger notability claims than just being candidates per se, and even if he does win the election in April, he still wouldn't be guaranteed inclusion as Sheboygan (pop. 49K) isn't large enough to clinch an automatic presumption of notability for every mayor just because he exists. And for sourcing, what we have here is three primary sources (the council's own website and two YouTube videos of him speaking at meetings) that aren't support for notability at all, and four hits of purely run of the mill local coverage in the local media that aren't enough to make him more special than most other smalltown city councillors. He would have to be able to show a lot more than this to pass NPOL #2. Bearcat (talk) 04:23, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 04:23, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 04:23, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Move to draftspace for now I am in the community the subject is in (and did vote for him in the primary days ago), but currently there's not much N for now, and the article could use some building up before it gets out of draftspace (though I'll readily admit our local media is disappointing in that aspect; it's either the local Gannett paper, one other hyperlocal site, the cable access channel, maybe the Milwaukee stations give us 30 seconds on election night...then a whole bunch of one-sided blogs (including the big local radio group) I wouldn't source the existence of anything to). If it does not however, I would support deletion or redirection to Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 00:26, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:51, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NPOL. KidAd  •  SPEAK  04:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:NPOL. SailingInABathTub (talk) 09:01, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete clearly fails notability guidelines for politicians. Even if he were elected mayor that would still not automatically make him notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:16, 4 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Being elected alderman in a small city does not make this individual notable. I would support recreating or keeping the article of the individual is elected mayor and additional information and references are added. I do have a concern with the photo used as it is a professional headshot and I believe the user who uploaded it was not the creator. Asher Heimermann (talk)
 * Delete Does not come close to meeting WP:GNG or WP:NPOL guidelines. Easy delete as this is not a close call. Go4thProsper (talk) 07:42, 6 March 2021 (UTC)


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