Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Verne E. Rupright (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 23:32, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Verne E. Rupright[edit]

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The subject is a mayor of a city of less than 8,000 people. All the coverage iseither extremely trivial, local, or often both. That publications with connections to where he is from publish one line articles on him does not demonstate he is notable. The article was also previously deleted. John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:53, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk 00:04, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A notable mayor from a small town. Comes under Local Politicians with local media coverage. However, it is unclear if he is still mayor or is being term-limited this year. That should be clarified. The article can be strengthened in other ways too. Billy Hathorn (talk) 01:34, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Special national interest given one particular former mayor of that town. Elected official. Article is sourced out to provide verifiability. Carrite (talk) 12:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Clearly notable public figure. More than enough attention given by reliable sources. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 02:19, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, or Redirect to Wasila, Alaska if you must. Non-notable mayor of a tiny town; all coverage is totally local and of interest only to the residents of this town of less than 10,000. This person doesn't even have the benefit of the WP:INHERITED coverage given to John Stein (above) by virtue of his interaction with Sarah Palin. --MelanieN (talk) 01:09, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 01:38, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The nomination's argument is more WP:NOTBIGENOUGH but "Notability isn't determined by something's quantity of members, but rather by the quality of the subject's verifiable, reliable sources." We have a guy currently at RfA who has been working for years on a place with a pop of just over 300 and most everyone seems to think that's wonderful. In all these cases, there's an obvious alternative to deletion of merger to the mayor's locality. Please see WP:BEFORE. Andrew D. (talk) 09:39, 21 February 2015 (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.