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The result was delete. Enigma ^msg 23:40, 15 July 2018 (UTC) reply

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Mayor of a small city. Only cited sources are city records, an unpublished memoir, and his obituary in the local paper. No evidence subject meets the WP:GNG Hirolovesswords ( talk) 21:12, 8 July 2018 (UTC) reply

Delete Does not appear to meet WP:GNG. ^Semi _Hypercube ✎ 21:15, 8 July 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 21:59, 8 July 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 21:59, 8 July 2018 (UTC) reply

• Delete. Taunton MA is not large enough to hand all of its mayors an automatic presumption of notability just for existing as mayors, but this article is not reliably sourced anywhere near well enough to actually get him over NPOL #2. Apart from one obituary in the local newspaper, which is not enough sourcing to constitute a magic GNG pass all by itself, this is otherwise sourced entirely to the city's own self-published records in its own municipal archive, and a colleague's unpublished memoir — neither of which are notability-assisting sources. And considering the dichotomy between how long the article is and how few sources are actually being cited, there's almost certainly some original research in here as well. Bearcat ( talk) 16:56, 9 July 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete poorly sourced, not enough for WP:GNG; doesn't get the WP:NPOL notability pass; and reads almost like a memorial. SportingFlyer talk 19:20, 9 July 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete Doesn't meet WP:GNG. Non-notable mayor. Sources aren't up to standards either. Snowycats ( talk) 03:43, 15 July 2018 (UTC) reply
• Delete Mayor of a city with 43,000 people when he was mayor. It might be worth mentioning both him and his father in the article on the high school, and maybe brief mentions in the article on the city, but nothing justifies a stand alone article. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 23:17, 15 July 2018 (UTC) reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.