Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madelyn Scales Harris

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:05, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Madelyn Scales Harris

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Local politician fails WP:NPOL. The vice mayor of Murfreesboro is not elected, but chosen by their fellow city council members. Novemberjazz 03:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Women, and Tennessee. Shellwood (talk) 12:54, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep If she was chosen rather than elected, that does NOT effect notability. In any case, existing sources appear to support notability, and I feel that this AfD is wrongheaded in more ways than one.Historyday01 (talk) 05:00, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

^ No policies cited ^ And it is affect. Novemberjazz 05:10, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:47, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:49, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Sources simply confirm she won the position; rest are primary sources and gov't websites. Nothing I'd call GNG-worthy. Oaktree b (talk) 13:40, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Vice-mayor is not an "inherently" notable position at all, but the referencing here isn't adequately establishing that she would clear WP:NPOL. Very nearly half of it is primary sourcing that isn't support for notability at all, and the other half is merely run of the mill local coverage of the type that every vice or deputy mayor of any city would merely be expected to have in the local media, not really evincing any strong evidence that she should be seen as a special case of significantly greater notability than the norm. In fact, other than verifying the mere fact of her election to city council and her selection as vice-mayor, the sourcing is being used almost entirely to support career and family background that has no bearing on notability at all — whereas the notability of a city councillor or vice-mayor actually depends on showing career coverage about her work in the role, demonstrating a significant political impact: specific things she did, specific projects she spearheaded, specific effects she had on the development of the city, and on and so forth. But there's no content like that being shown here at all. Bearcat (talk) 22:30, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - meets neither WP:GNG nor WP:NPOL.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 22:20, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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