Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Paisley

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

James Paisley[edit]

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Appears to fail WP:POLITICIAN. This individual only held major office in a small city. No indication he meets any other notability criteria. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 00:01, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Falls foul of Wikipedia:Notability (local interests), in that 100% of the coverage is local to the town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, population ~30,000. (That policy specifically mentions mayors in the lead paragraph as a subject potentially only of local interest.) I'd note that were the local interest issue rebutted, he otherwise has signficant coverage in reliable independent sources and would pass WP:N. - DustFormsWords (talk) 04:12, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per DustFormsWords. Outback the koala (talk) 20:41, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:47, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:47, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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