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The result was delete. sufficient consensus DGG ( talk ) 18:36, 14 October 2017 (UTC) reply

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WP:BLP of a former mayor (he is not the incumbent, as the infobox claims he is, but I have yet to find a source for the exact end date of his term), which is referenced almost entirely to primary sources rather than reliable source coverage in media. This is a city where the mayor is selected internally by the city council on a yearly rotation, not directly elected by the voters, so there's no automatic presumption of notability just for the fact of being a mayor -- but there's nowhere near enough media coverage being shown to actually get him past WP:NPOL #2. And for added bonus, this is written much more like a campaign brochure, containing little to no actual substance about his time as mayor, than like an actual encyclopedia article. Bearcat ( talk) 16:20, 7 October 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat ( talk) 16:24, 7 October 2017 (UTC) reply
Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Bearcat ( talk) 16:24, 7 October 2017 (UTC) reply

Delete A review of the online newspapers do not should significant coverage of the subject. The coverage is local, either in the Ventura County Star or the Thousand Oaks Acorn (no coverage in the Los Angeles Times could be found). The community consensus is that mayors selected by their council do not have the same presumption of notability as mayors who were independently elected. -- Enos733 ( talk) 02:20, 8 October 2017 (UTC) reply

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