Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rick Sollars (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 14:09, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rick Sollars[edit]

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WP:BLP of the mayor of a smallish city, not reliably sourced as passing WP:NPOL #2. This is written differently enough from the first version to not be eligible for immediate speedy as a recreation of deleted content, but has not substantially changed the case for notability: mayors are not automatically notable just because they exist, and the article still does not cite enough coverage to get him over the bar. As well, even the media coverage that is present is being used entirely to support content about him being indicted with a crime -- but under WP:PERP, a mere criminal charge without conviction is not enough in and of itself to make a person encyclopedically notable. So while this isn't speediable, it still hasn't done enough to make him keepable. Bearcat (talk) 17:51, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:51, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:51, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable small time mayor. The fact that we have to dig into op-eds to find even something as simple as his party is pretty telling about the lack of coverage. CUPIDICAE💕 17:56, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — Per the well detailed rationale provided by Bearcat. It’s crystal clear this is an NPOL fail. Celestina007 (talk) 18:07, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete In metro Detroit Taylor is in no way a major city. Basically this guy is only getting any attention because he has been charged with a crime, he is not notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:42, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above and WP:NPOL. We tend to delete articles about suburban mayors and council members. At 63,000 resident or so, this city is not so large as to create per se notability. Bearian (talk) 18:42, 8 February 2021 (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.