Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Berg (politician)

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 redirect to Helen Berg. Closing early as a redirect based on opinions expressed at two AfDs. While the support for delete and redirect comes close, there is little objection to a redirect among those who wanted to delete -- making redirect the more consensual decision. (non-admin closure) gidonb (talk) 05:54, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Berg (politician)[edit]

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A week ago, I nominated Alan's page for deletion as a bundle with his wife Helen's page. Other users voted to keep Helen, but a majority of the people who voted to keep her page also voted to delete Alan's page or turn it into a redirect to Helen's. While I now agree with the decision to keep Helen's page due to the good work done by User:David Eppstein, due to most users in the original AfD supporting it combined with my own belief that he does not pass WP:GNG or WP:PROF, I am nominating Alan on his own. HAWTH OFF HEAD TALK 02:44, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:55, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 02:55, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Clearly fails WP:NPOL as the member of a midsized college town's city council. Does not appear to meet WP:NPROF either, based on a cursory Google search. KidAd talk 03:34, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. I think that having a non-admin closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helen Berg by User:gidonb was a mistake, because the inexperienced closer neglected to evaluate the parts of the discussion on Alan Berg, which I think were close to a consensus that his article should be redirected to the article on Helen. In fact, I don't think there was any sentiment for keeping the article. I, for one, tried to find comparable sourcing for Alan to what I found for Helen, failed, and on the basis of that expressed my opinion for a delete or redirect. That could still happen now and shortcut this second discussion. Redirecting can be done by anyone; it doesn't require administrative action. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:41, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per David Eppstein and the arguments over at the other discussion (with a reminder that comments in AfD's are not "votes"). XOR'easter (talk) 19:23, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not meet the inclusion criteria for either politicians nor academics. There is no good reason to have a redirect, because he is so minor very few people would ever want to know anything about him.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Helen Berg until such point someone creates a List of Mayors of Corvallis, or sufficient sources are found about the subject's term in office to justify a stand-alone article. The place to look would be the archives of the Gazette Times, but there may be some sources from the Eugene Register-Guard or the Oregonian. But there may also be primary source material at the Corvallis City Hall or documents from the Oregon League of Cities. --Enos733 (talk) 05:17, 30 December 2020 (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.