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The result was delete. The Bushranger One ping only 18:09, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
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This guy was a one-year mayor of a suburban council, elected by rotation among his colleagues, fifteen years ago. Most of the article is an unsourced BLP violation concerning his student days - it's effectively an attack page. It's not even accurate - there is no "City of Moreland Assembly". The Drover's Wife ( talk) 10:04, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Delete per nom; not even close to notability. Should probably be done quite quickly given the BLP concerns. Frickeg ( talk) 11:21, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- More recently, Larocca was [ named] in the Parliament of Victoria due to alleged connections with Tony Mokbel. The allegations were never substantiated but it may be significant that Larocca was then given a [ right of reply]. Larocca has remained in the public eye due to his roles at REIV and his current role, as Chief of Staff for the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Local Government and Industrial Relations in the Victorian Government. This has a direct connection back to his role in local government as a mayor. I understand your concerns that the article is currently a bit thin but I believe the article needs to be expanded rather than deleted. City of Moreland is not a small council either, the GDP of Moreland is larger than some whole countries. Alp watcher ( talk) 12:17, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- This is the same issue that I was discussing with you on your talk page. Being named in parliament, or discussed in parliament, is not really enough - we would need secondary source coverage of that fact. Plenty of non-notable people are mentioned in parliament every day. Regarding Moreland, see WP:POLITICIAN. Frickeg ( talk) 13:07, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Delete. Just a local councillor. Not even an executive mayor. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 13:43, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 18:44, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 18:44, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Completely unsourced article, edging toward attack via the inclusion of unsourced negative information, of a non-executive mayor. A properly sourced and genuinely substantive article about a person at this level of political office could earn its keep under WP:NPOL #3 — but this article is neither of those things, and the role is not significant enough to give him an automatic presumption of notability just for being a mayor (we give that only to directly elected executive mayors, not to the ceremonial "everybody on council gets a turn in rotation" kind.) Delete. Bearcat ( talk) 19:04, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
- delete being a mayor based on rotation of a small council does not grant notability. LibStar ( talk) 08:27, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
- Delete Whether he held this position today or 15 years ago he is still not notable for it without adequate sources. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 16:41, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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