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The result was delete. Consensus to delete following relisting. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 12:23, 5 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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While the article makes a credible claim of significance that I felt avoided speedy deletion, the notability of Rufus Davis, as defined in Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines, isn't clear. I don't find evidence that he meets the general notability guidelines or the criteria available for politicians (which according notability to officeholders only at national or major subnational levels). Are there independent reliable sources from outside his community that give him substantial coverage? —Largo Plazo ( talk) 21:36, 27 November 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —  JJMC89 ( T· C) 21:37, 27 November 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. —  JJMC89 ( T· C) 21:37, 27 November 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete - Non-notable small town mayor lacking notability. Article written by article subject. reddogsix ( talk) 21:58, 27 November 2015 (UTC) reply
• 5K is not large enough to get a mayor over WP:NPOL just for the fact of being a mayor — it can be enough to satisfy #3 if the article is genuinely substantive and well-sourced, but isn't large enough to give a mayor automatic inclusion rights just because he exists. However, the level of sourcing here is not adequate to get him over WP:GNG. And even the "first African American mayor" bit doesn't help much — that, too, can be enough of a claim of notability if the sourcing for it is a lot better than this, but it doesn't constitute an automatic inclusion freebie either if the sourcing is this weak and this local. Delete. Bearcat ( talk) 18:02, 29 November 2015 (UTC) reply

• Comment Even in regard to "first African American mayor", I'd say it's probably always a reasonable claim of significance. But as for meeting WP:NPOL in the face of failure to meet WP:GNG, we've probably reached a point where it's no longer Wikipedia-notable that arbitrary towns in the United States happen to have elected a mayor who's African American for the first time. It's become pretty WP:ROUTINE (which is a good thing!), not a milestone that's going to get national, or even state, media coverage every time it happens, particularly in a place like Camilla, Georgia, which is 65% African American. —Largo Plazo ( talk) 19:00, 29 November 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete - Non-notable mayor of small town in Georgia, population ~5400. Subject does not satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG, with significant coverage in multiple independent, reliable sources. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 03:28, 4 December 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete - Nothing to suggest even better general notability. SwisterTwister talk 03:30, 4 December 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete. Yet another NN small-town mayor. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 16:01, 4 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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