Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tommy Nelson (mayor)


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:23, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Tommy Nelson (mayor)

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Not notable local politician. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:17, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:29, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:30, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. Being the mayor of a town with a population of 4K is not an automatic notability freebie in the absence of enough reliable source coverage about his work in that role to get over WP:NPOL #2 (local political figures who have received significant press coverage) — and one piece of purely local coverage of his indictment on a criminal charge is not, in and of itself, evidence that he's more notable than the norm for smalltown mayors. Bearcat (talk) 15:33, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &Alpha; Guy into Books &trade;  &sect; ( Message ) -  19:31, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is some coverage of him (this CNN story picked up from wire services and local media like The Advocate) but he seems to be notable for being caught as part of a sting operation, so WP:BLP1E would apply.  If there was an article about it, I would support merging with that, but there isn't. 331dot (talk) 19:45, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Small town politician with legal problems. Fails the WP:POLITICIAN high bar. A bit of racist dogwistling in the lead as well, in my opinion. Carrite (talk) 11:46, 16 September 2017 (UTC)


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