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The result was delete. Randykitty ( talk) 18:35, 22 January 2019 (UTC) reply

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WP:BLP of a person notable only as the mayor of a midsize city which is not large or prominent enough to confer an automatic presumption of notability on all of its mayors just because they exist. The only reference cited here at all, however, is a single news article in the local community weekly newspaper about an all-candidates election debate, which certainly mentions Marchand but isn't about him to any non-trivial degree. Mayors of cities in this size bracket are not "inherently" notable, so the key to getting them over the bar is not just to single-source their existence to one local news article -- in a city this size, the ticket to notability for a mayor is to show a depth and range and volume of sourcing that marks him out as a special case of significantly greater notability than most other mayors of cities this size, not just single-sourcing his existence the way absolutely every mayor of anywhere can always do. Bearcat ( talk) 18:11, 8 January 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat ( talk) 19:09, 8 January 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Bearcat ( talk) 19:09, 8 January 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete we can find articles on candidates for public office at this level discussing their views for virtually every mayor. Not all mayors are notable, and we would need lots more sources to show that Marchand is notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 01:33, 9 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Comment. I have found quite a few sources too add, and am not finished with it yet. That said, unsure how quality the coverage would be considered, in terms of whether the press is too local. 66.198.222.67 ( talk) 03:00, 9 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep per the information the IP has added. This is due to the WP:GNG, as there are several newspaper sources about him being awarded the title "Graffiti Fighter of the Year" in 2016 by Zero Graffiti International ( google search for "John Marchand graffiti award"). Also there are currently 5 separate sources which have been added since the AfD was opened (and more could be added) on his work against Graffiti generally. I can't access most of them as I am in the UK and because of the GDPR most newspaper websites in the US have blocked the UK on the grounds of compliance with the GDPR) Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 09:39, 9 January 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete every single source is your run of the mill local political coverage. The graffiti thing only appears to have been a local story. He fails WP:NPOL, WP:GNG. SportingFlyer T· C 05:56, 16 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete Not notable local politician. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 23:48, 20 January 2019 (UTC) reply

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