Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George A. Burton

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The result was delete. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 20:45, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

George A. Burton[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. Sources used in this article simply don't establish notability and a search for others turned up nothing. The references used are obituaries in local newspapers (only one of which is his); unlinked and sometimes untitled local newspaper articles; passing mentions in a book; and a listing in Who's Who in American Politics, which has a lower notability threshold than Wikipedia (you can pay to be included GPL93 (talk) 19:43, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Agree with nom, fails the GNG, current sourcing not convincing enough. ^Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 21:04, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, fails GNG, per nom; trivial. Kierzek (talk) 01:48, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As is so often the case with Billy Hathorn's handiwork, the most substantive basis for notability here was the existence of an obituary in the local newspaper upon his death. But as always, this is not in and of itself a notability-clincher that guarantees him an article on GNG grounds despite falling below the NPOL bar — municipal finance commissioners aren't presumed notable just for existing, but the amount of reliable source coverage shown here is not enough to make him more special than most other municipal finance commissioners in most other cities. Bearcat (talk) 18:44, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:BIO. Preaky (talk) 22:58, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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