Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Hewitt (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete. Tone 16:13, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Hewitt[edit]

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Non notable local politician. I can’t PROD this article because there was a previous article about a different person with the same name, so computer says no. Mccapra (talk) 16:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 16:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 16:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Falls well short of WP:GNG and WP:NPOL standards. Sal2100 (talk) 16:05, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets GNG per [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. Notable as a Libertarian elected to office. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 16:37, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete What he was elected for isn't high enough in the political realm to qualify for notability from WP:POLITICIAN and only being covered in a few local sources doesn't cut it either. He'd at least need coverage in multiple major regional news outlets or national ones. The libertarian parties website as cited above doesn't work for notability either, because obviously they are going to cover him. So, it's essentially a press release. --Adamant1 (talk) 19:29, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- He received coverage in the Los Angeles Times - that's a major national outlet. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 15:01, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I had thought about them, but I wasn't really sure if it was or not. There would still need be another one, but it at least gets him a little closer to being notable. Adamant1 (talk) 15:23, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

comment generally agree, although being referred to as the most powerful Libertarian in the LA Times counts as something. I voted keep, but not a strong one. Graywalls (talk) 22:18, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete county board members are not notable. You need really good coverage, and we do not have that here. As mentioned above the previous article was about a totally different person. To show notability at this level we need clearly out of the area coverage, so unless we find coverage in a paper outside California it is not adding to notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:01, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Inclined towards keep "Jeff Hewitt is the Riverside County supervisor for District 5. He is the most powerful Libertarian ever elected in the United States." in the LA Times piece and that article https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-in-libertarian-jeff-hewitt-riverside-20190205-story.html is very thorough.Graywalls (talk) 21:59, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, DMySon 06:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. County commissioner is not a role that confers an automatic presumption of notability per WP:NPOL, and Calimesa is not a large enough community to make him notable for being its mayor. To be notable for either of these reasons, he would have to show nationalized coverage expanding significantly beyond just a few stray hits in his own county's local media. Bearcat (talk) 14:51, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom --Devokewater @ 15:12, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Being a county board member alone is not notable. Two editors have cited an LA Times article as proof that he meets general notability guidelines. I was also able to find a Reason article that covered him, but I still don't think this is enough. More coverage is needed. Scorpions13256 (talk) 03:16, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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