Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W. Matt Lowe


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The result was   keep. Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:17, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

W. Matt Lowe

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Claim to fame is being mayor of a small (less than 15k people) in Louisiana. Doesn't meet WP:NPOL, and no evidence of significant coverage to meet WP:GNG notability guidelines. OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:40, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep. An historical figure who left the mayor's office 95 years ago; started the city-owned utility plant and was a long-time county official after that. Only a few sources are available. Billy Hathorn (talk) 22:51, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mayor of what is a pretty small town today and must have been much smaller when he was around. No real notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:39, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Question this Response. This person moved to delete four Minden mayor articles at 14:39 or 14:40 on March 11. He could not have read and considered each article in such a short time frame. He also copied the same reason for deletion for all four articles. Two of the articles are placeholder articles. There is more on the Lowe article, but other sources are off-line. He comes under local politician, and the size of the city is not a factor.Billy Hathorn (talk) 16:27, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * If you're referring to me, I do hope you're not suggesting I acted in bad faith. You might care to check out my user profile before you make such intimations. If by "placeholder article" you mean a WP:STUB, then so what? Stubs are perfectly acceptable, but they have to be about subjects which are notable in the first place. And yes, the size of a town is absolutely relevant to the notability of its officials if they're only notable for being officials of the town. I reiterate, there is absolutely nothing notable about this man. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:07, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 05:53, 15 March 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 04:34, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. It appears to meet the minimal level of references based on GNG. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk • contribs)
 * Keep Meets GNG guidelines. Further guidelines unnecessary. He doesn't have to meet the Additional Criteria. See the guidelines: "A person who fails to meet these additional criteria may still be notable under Wikipedia:Notability." i.e. GNG. There appears to be a campaign to digitally exclude from history the mayors of small American cities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paperpencils (talk • contribs)
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