Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noel "Gene" Byars

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The result was No consensus (default keep). Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 01:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Noel "Gene" Byars[edit]

Subject is a former smalltown mayor and failed candidate for the US Congress. Although the article is well-referenced, all sources are either trivial listings or sourced to the local newspaper. As it's been widely held that local political figures aren't necessarily notable, even though (obviously) there will be tons of references to them in local media, the local press coverage doesn't make him notable. Delete for lack of notability. Nyttend (talk) 23:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Minden, Louisiana, where the story of Mayor Byars's recall seems to be the most exciting thing to happen there in the past 25 years. Mandsford (talk) 23:57, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I believe he meets the basic criteria of WP:BIO and WP:POLITICIAN. Generally, mayors are notable under WP:POLITICIAN and he seems to have quite a history supported by sources. Morbidthoughts (talk) 16:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Do these ideas really apply to smalltown mayors? We've long held that local sources aren't enough to establish notability. Nyttend (talk) 16:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, tempest in teapot, one time event. Mayors will get local press, so to be notable, they must get press outside their area. There was an editor who used to comment on these, didn't he have a town pop over 100k rule? This town has pop 13k. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 19:43, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - not huge, but passes WP:POLITICIAN --T-rex 22:37, 3 September 2008 (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.