Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerold Rechle

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 11:21, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gerold Rechle[edit]

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Bio of a recently deceased mayor of a town of 22,000. Does not pass WP:NPOL and not otherwise notable. Mccapra (talk) 10:19, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:19, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 10:19, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That 22,000 figure is precisely what makes him notable. There are some MPs and representatives with articles on Wikipedia who were elected to far smaller constituencies. NB - don't bother with my talk page please. Keep commwnts here. I am just popping in and don't want an account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:1428:C467:F0B7:ED5:AF2E:FE81 (talk) 14:11, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Members of legislatures are notable because they make laws for the place the legislature covers, the size of their district does not matter. Mayors are not default notable, and we do not have the sourcing here to overcome the problem of there not being enough sources.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:16, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. What makes members of state or national legislatures notable is not the number of people who happen to live in their district, but the fact that they all have an equal voice in making laws applicable to the entire state or country whose legislature they sit in. So no, population tests don't reify mayors into "inherently" notable politicians just because an MLA's district might have had a smaller population in it than the mayor's city has — the notability test for mayors is the ability to write a substantive and well-sourced article that explains and contextualizes and deep dives into the mayor's political significance: specific things he did as mayor, specific projects he spearheaded, specific effects he had on the city's development, and on and so forth. Just minimally verifying that a mayor existed, the end, is not enough. Bearcat (talk) 20:36, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Subject served as mayor of Laupheim. Articles about mayors should be much more than they existed; and the sources should discuss more than routine actions of the official as Bearcat describes. --Enos733 (talk) 19:02, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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