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The result was delete. —  JJMC89 ( T· C) 02:47, 15 August 2019 (UTC) reply

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small-town mayor. Not notable and does not meet WP:POLITICIAN. As with any local politician, he received coverage from the local press, but that's not enough to meet the guideline. Rusf10 ( talk) 02:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 ( talk) 02:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 ( talk) 02:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete per nom. Coverage is local, and Metuchen, New Jersey's population was only 13K (in 2010), so being its mayor confers no particular notability. Clarityfiend ( talk) 19:14, 8 August 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete contrary to what some editors have thought there is not a special exception that makes New Jersey mayors default notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 01:13, 9 August 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete - unremarkable legal and political career. FWIW, the Diocese of Metuchen is quite large, but the city is smallish. Bearian ( talk) 16:16, 12 August 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep Concede that the page should be parred back, but Busch is mentioned regularly in statewide and regional news outlets and qualifies as receiving "significant press coverage." Homerseditor ( talk) 20:56, 12 August 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete hasn't garnered anything more than routine coverage and doesn't pass WP:NPOL. Best, GPL93 ( talk) 00:09, 13 August 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete coverage is local, fails WP:NPOL, we do not keep mayors of small towns unless they pass WP:GNG for other reasons (otherwise notable, or achieved notability over an area significantly larger than their town.) SportingFlyer T· C 07:21, 13 August 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep Just in New Jersey, there are numerous other pages for mayors that are no more notable than Busch. Took me two minutes to find four: James M. Cahill, Thomas Lankey, J. Christian Bollwage, Mohammed Hameeduddin. Homerseditor ( talk) 15:40, 13 August 2019 (UTC) reply

• Homerseditor, you've already voted above, so I've struck your second !vote, though your comments are still welcome - but please also see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Some of these may also need to be deleted. SportingFlyer T· C 17:03, 13 August 2019 (UTC) reply

• Lankey and Bollwage preside over populations over 100K (the unofficial cutoff), while Hameeduddin is a pioneer of sorts. I've nominated Cahill for deletion (despite his 28 years in office, and counting) due to a lack of significant media coverage. Clarityfiend ( talk) 19:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete not notable fails wp:npol from a city of less than 15,000. Lightburst ( talk) 23:49, 13 August 2019 (UTC) reply

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