Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Godin

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. MBisanz ^talk 00:11, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Godin

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Firstly: he's a mayor of a village of just 573 people, failing the WP:POLOUTCOMES requirement that a mayor has to lead a city of "regional prominence" to qualify for an article on Wikipedia (the common rule of thumb on AFD typically requiring a population of at least 50,000.) Secondly: the article's only source is an extremely brief blurb about him within a "five leaders to watch" human interest piece that fails to constitute sufficient coverage to get him past WP:GNG. And finally: the article was created by User:Godinpédia as their first-ever contribution to Wikipedia, raising the distinct possibility of WP:COI editing. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 06:26, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 06:28, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I agree that being mayor of a small village does not connote notability, regardless of his age. PK T(alk) 15:36, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. There is more coverage in French sources; these don't show up on GNews but the regular Google searches turns up results over the course of several months on Radio-Canada, CHAU-DT, and L'Acadie Nouvelle/CapAcadie.com (there are a number of these, but apparently paywalled, unfortunately). His adversarial relationship with the previous mayor and and his election got coverage in assorted sources. On the other hand, it is a rather small town--I note with interest that his opponent (a former mayor) shares his last name. The article may have been self-created but the current text seems neutral enough, and I added a couple of sources. On balance, the coverage of him as the youngest mayor in Canada (and in New Brunswick history) leaves me inclined to keep. --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:43, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:16, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep If anything, being the youngest mayor in the history of New Brunswick should be sufficient to keep. In the AfD discussion of Meir Lichtenstein there was some sympathy that he was the first Haredi mayor of a largely non-haredi community. Using that logic, then being the youngest mayor should lead to this article being kept.--Enos733 (talk) 00:29, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Given that Arxiloxos has added further sourcing, I'm willing to accept that as a keep rationale — but given the quality of the article at the time of nomination, that wouldn't have been a sufficient claim of notability given the lack of reliable sourcing at the time. Bearcat (talk) 00:51, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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