Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stan Lawlor


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:43, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Stan Lawlor

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WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as mayor of a smallish city. Unlike the other mayors of North Bay that I nominated earlier today, I was actually the original creator of this one, a decade ago when mayors were still considered "inherently" notable so long as the city cracked 50K in population -- and while I did try to include some content that actually mentioned some specific things he did in office, by 2021 standards it's far from clear that I was able to do enough. He never got the same range or depth of nationalized coverage that his predecessor got, so I had to rely on a very small handful of hits from the local media -- and while I was able to mention some things he did in office, I wasn't able to go into much detail about them, so it's not at all clear that he actually passes WP:NPOL #2 as it now stands. But since I'm not the only person who's ever edited the article, I can't just speedy it on "single editor disavowing own work" grounds either. Bearcat (talk) 20:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 20:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 20:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep - he was mayor of a regionally important city for ten years. Bearian (talk) 21:44, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Just calling a city "regionally important" is not a notability freebie that exempts a mayor from having to get over WP:NPOL #2 on his sourceability, or from the article actually having to contain any substance about his political impact. Bearcat (talk) 15:08, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete the sourcing is not enough to meet our requirements for politician notability, and North Bay is not such a significant city that they mayor has anywhere near presumed notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:37, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HistoricalAccountings (talk) 13:20, 9 February 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 05:12, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - simply does not pass WP:NPOL.  Onel 5969  TT me 21:52, 22 February 2021 (UTC)


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