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The result was nomination withdrawn due to sourcing improvement.
Bearcat (
talk) 14:51, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
WP:BLP of a small city mayor, whose only substantive claim of notability is that he was the city's first
African American mayor. Per
WP:POLOUTCOMES, however, being the first member of a politically underrepresented minority group to hold an otherwise non-notable office is not an automatic
WP:NPOL pass in and of itself -- he could still qualify if there were enough sourcing and substance to get him over the "who have received significant press coverage" part of our criteria for local officeholders, but it's not an automatic inclusion freebie on the basis of just one or two sources of which one is a deadlinked piece of
routine campaign coverage in the local newspaper. The other source being CNN is one step up -- but it takes more than just one source to make the mayor of a small town more notable than other mayors of small towns, so that source doesn't get this over the finish line all by itself.
Bearcat (
talk) 14:12, 12 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Weak Delete I wonder if there might be more out there that can be added to this, but I am not sure. Fails NPOL as is right now.
South Nashua (
talk) 16:15, 12 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep. I've found and added more references. His election was also covered by ABC News, and local sources have enabled me to add a bit about his education and work. (I decided not to use
this one.) He also ran again unsuccessfully in 2016. I believe with that second major news article, plus the ongoing coverage that now makes this a minimal biography, that he meets GNG.
Yngvadottir (
talk) 17:25, 12 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Added comment. I found and added the Christian Science Monitor and was coming here to report that there is also an article in the Los Angeles Times—from a little after he was elected—that enabled me to add even more biographical information. I also see an Al-Jazeera article.
Arxiloxos has found even more; I'll add the National Conference of Black Mayors.
Yngvadottir (
talk) 18:07, 12 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Sorry Bearcat: Selma is not just another small city. It is a regionally important city, and symbolically a hugely important city.
Drmies (
talk) 18:39, 12 May 2017 (UTC)reply
None of which confers an exemption from an article having to be sourced properly.
Bearcat (
talk) 14:53, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Strong keep - the sourcing found clearly shows the subject is notable. LadyofShalott 00:22, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep - the additional sources, and the unique place of Selma in African-American history, render this an easy decision. --
Orange Mike |
Talk 02:34, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep The improved referencing now in the article shows that he is notable. Thanks to Arxiloxos and Yngvadottir.
Cullen328Let's discuss it 02:39, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep - per above comments. Sourcing shows that the article may as well be notable enough to stay.
Cosmic Clone (
talk) 02:57, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep Selma, Alabama is an important city within the History of the Civil Rights Movement-Thank You
RFD (
talk) 12:57, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Thanks, y'all. I agree, this article is now much better sourced and shows stronger evidence of notability than it did at the time. But just to be clear, it's the sourcing improvement that salvages this, not the mere assertion that an automatic GNG-exempted notability freebie would have been created by the conjunction of "first African American mayor" with the fact that the city in question happens to be Selma — regardless of how notable any given claim might sound like it should be in theory, it's the depth and breadth of sourcing that can be shown, not the mere presence of a minimally sourced claim, that determines whether notability is actually there in fact. At any rate, the sourcing is now there, so consider this withdrawn.
Bearcat (
talk) 14:51, 13 May 2017 (UTC)reply
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