Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Hibbard

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The result was delete. List of mayors of Clearwater, Florida, a potential redirect target, has since been deleted. Modussiccandi (talk) 08:47, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Hibbard[edit]

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Fails WP:NPOL. Has not received significant press coverage. Coverage is entirely routine. AusLondonder (talk) 13:51, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Florida. AusLondonder (talk) 13:52, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect>>>List of mayors of Clearwater, Florida. Djflem (talk) 17:43, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of mayors of Clearwater, Florida. Fails WP:NPOL. KidAd • SPEAK 15:12, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I am unconvinved that Clearwater is a place that we even need a list for the mayors of it. Redirecting this article would just encourage people flooding Wikipedia with articles on mayors of minor places. We do not need a redirect. The suggested target above is also up for deletion.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:47, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @User:KidAd, @Djflem, the redirect you suggest, List of mayors of Clearwater, Florida, is also nominated for deletion. Jacona (talk) 17:46, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Is there another option given that it looks like the redirect target is likely to be deleted?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 15:52, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Following on from comments above, WP:NPOL notes that major local political figures who have received significant press coverage are notable. For one, the Tampa Bay Times regularly makes mention of Hibbard, often in connection with Hibbart's views and efforts on redevelopment. See [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] while Hibbard's 2020 campaign get covered in some detail at [6]. These examples are just a small subset of the overall press coverage Hibbard has received in several Florida publications. The objection above that "coverage is entirely routine" is not founded in WP policy. It is to be expected that the press coverage of local politicians largely or entirely focusses upon local politics which is perhaps what was meant by routine. Additionally, Hibbard's views on redevelopment, for example, are not routine. A mayor could be in favour or against such a move and so covering that in the article tells the reader something about Hubbard. Greenshed (talk) 10:51, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Local coverage in the local media, where such coverage is expected to exist, is not necessarily always enough per se. Bearcat (talk) 17:43, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 08:25, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect Routine coverage is coming from the regional area in which the mayor resides. Also using the same website does not help the argument. That is literally routine coverage by definition and by WP:ROUTINE. – The Grid (talk) 16:25, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Mayors are not handed an automatic notability freebie just because they exist, or even just because the article cites a small handful of local coverage in their local media where such coverage is merely expected. The notability test for mayors does not hinge on just verifying that he won a mayoral election and then writing a résumé-like blurb focusing on his pre-mayoral background; it hinges on the ability to write and source a substantive article that deep dives into his political impact: specific things he did in the mayor's chair, specific projects he spearheaded, specific effects he had on the development of the city, and on and so forth. But that's not what this article is, and Clearwater is neither large nor prominent enough a city to just hand him a presumption of notability even if the article doesn't surpass the required standard. Bearcat (talk) 17:43, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Brearcat> Bearian (talk) 14:16, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Insufficient notability, and the article reads like resume MaxnaCarter (talk) 06:56, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The subject is not notable aside from his position, and the article makes no support for inclusion in Wikipedia outside of that. IrishOsita (talk) 04:36, 3 June 2022 (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.