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The result was keep. Sources found. (non-admin closure) J 947^{( c) ( m)} 03:42, 28 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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Local mayor of a small municipality. Fails WP:GNG and doesn't meet WP:NPOL. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 19:37, 19 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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• Keep - The article is horseshit but he is very well known in the country and a major player in its biggest political party. He's regulary in the nations major news outlets [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Should pass WP:GNG with flying colors. Dammit_steve ( talk) 20:18, 19 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Speedy Keep' Notable as it says above. Bobherry Userspace Talk to me! Stuff I have done 20:50, 19 September 2017 (UTC) reply
• Comment - I'm not too sure about the reliability and independence of some of those citations. #1 appears to be a simple rehash of a press release from the mayor, #2 is simply a reblog from the mayor's website, #3 is simple routine coverage of a local election, #4 is also simply a reblog from the mayor's website; #5 is a trivial mention; #6 is another reblog of his website; #7 is about a facebook discussion, really? – oh wait, it’s from Visir, which is a tabloid – hardly a reliable source; #8 is also another trivial mention. So of the 8, you have 2 trivial mentions, 1 non-reliable source, 1 routine local coverage, and 4 non-independent references. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 02:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Some of the conclusions by Onel5969 are correct, while others are not. The conclusions on sources 2,3,4,6 & 7 are correct. On 7, your first conclusion is correct, but on the other hand source 7 is not from a tabloid.

Visir is one of the most visited news websites in iceland - source and is also well-trusted - source. In the second source, which is in Icelandic, the blue color in the graphs represent percentage of people who trust the media, where as the red color is for distrust.

Source 1 is about an survey of which candidate should be in first place of the Icelandic independance party. Source 5 is about transport issues, i.e. Elliði is an mayor on a small island, which has an ferry connection which was non-existant when the article was written.-- Snaevar ( talk) 01:15, 21 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Comment/Question - Thanks for that Snaevar - Obviously Icelandic is not my first language. How does this Vísir differ from the Vísir which merged with Dagblaðið? Are they related? If not, even if it is frequently visited, does that make it reliable? The subject of the article does not make me think it leans to solid news stories, but more along the line of gossip. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 03:29, 21 September 2017 (UTC) reply

Comment Vísir.is is the website for Fréttablaðið, it is not related to the old Vísir. The old Vísir today would be Dagblaðið Vísir, or DV for short, which is more known for tabloid journalism. Those two stories from Vísir.is might not have been the best that I could have linked to I admit. The first is about the then financial minister and current prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson congratulating him on his landslide victory in the local election, the other is about comments about a controversy that rose about member of parlament's Smári McCarthy's alleged education (see more about that here here). Its author, Jakob Bjarna, tends to slide a fair bit towards tabloid journalism though, I'll concede to that. About the press qouting his blog (and social media), generally the press doesn't care to much about the opinions of run-of-the-mill small town mayors on national affairs but his are routenly featured in the nations major news outlets. They neither get called to a meeting with the prime minister on the day when a scandal brings down the goverement. [9] If the consensus is that the above links are not enough, then I point out that there are alot more articles featuring him on the major Icelandic newssites (I would recommend Morgunblaðið, Fréttablaðið and RÚV) if someone wants to go through them, I unfortunately won't have the time to do so in the comming days. Sorry about any spelling errors, it is morning here and I haven't had my coffee yet :) Dammit_steve ( talk) 09:50, 21 September 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep and much thanks to Steve for saying it for me. L3X1 (distænt write) 02:01, 28 September 2017 (UTC) reply

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