Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Radenhurst Richmond Lyon


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to George Lyon (Canadian politician). Liz Read! Talk! 23:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

William Radenhurst Richmond Lyon

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Unreferenced article about a political figure not shown as passing WP:NPOL. The attempted notability claim here is that he was mayor of a small town that has long since been eaten up as a city neighbourhood, which is not "inherently" notable in and of itself -- a mayor would have to pass WP:NPOL #2, which hinges on the depth of substance that can actually be written about his political impact and the volume of sourcing that can be shown to support it. But this is strictly on the level of "he is a mayor who existed, the end", and has been tagged as unsourced since 2009 without ever having any new references added to it. As well, notability is WP:NOTINHERITED, so he isn't automatically entitled to keep an unreferenced article just because some of his family members have articles. Bearcat (talk) 20:35, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 20:35, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect as ATD. The subjects father is in the Canadian DNB and has an article where this subject is mentioned, so redirecting to George Lyon (Canadian politician) might be ok. Mccapra (talk) 06:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)


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