Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard W. Peak

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:47, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Howard W. Peak[edit]

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NN politician. Per WP:POLOUTCOMES, Municipal politicians are not inherently notable just for being in politics, but neither are they inherently non-notable just because they are in local politics. Each case is evaluated on its own individual merits. Mayors of cities of at least regional prominence have usually survived AFD, although the article should say more than just "Jane Doe is the mayor of Cityville". This article does not. MSJapan (talk) 15:12, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. He was the mayor of a city of more than 1 million people. Google and HighBeam searches make it apparent that there are ample sources to expand this article. Among his accomplishments was the development of a system of greenway trails, and after his term the city named the trail system after him.[1][2] Obviously notable; article improvement, not deletion, is called for here. --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:22, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - extensive coverage available in WP:RS. There must be a thousand SA Express News articles alone. While this may not have been the most exciting mayor ever, there's more than enough information available to construct a viable BLP. No need to delete the stub. Kuru (talk) 03:46, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Plenty of WP:RS available, easily enough to meet WP:GNG. There are hundreds and hundreds of news articles out there about the trail system which was named after him, such as [3]. Some expansion would be useful here, but deletion is unnecessary. Omni Flames (talk) 23:34, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. San Antonio is a large enough city to give all of its mayors an automatic pass of WP:NPOL #3; small towns don't get that, but major metropolitan cities do. This needs work, I grant, but the sourceability does exist to improve it with — this is a matter for the cleanup brigade, not for AFD. Bearcat (talk) 16:47, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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