Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Bell (North Carolina politician) (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. both. j⚛e decker ^talk 03:34, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

John Bell (North Carolina politician)[edit]

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Being the mayor of Elizabeth City (pop. 18K) is not sufficient for an article. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:26, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related page because the following also seems to base most or all of its claim to notability on the same office:

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk 13:56, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk 13:56, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Carolina-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:42, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete both No coverage of non-notable mayors of a small town. I have already transferred any useful information to Elizabeth City's article. Tiller54 (talk) 19:09, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both - Fails to clear the high bar we have set for politicians, which calls for election to a national assembly or major office. For me the automatic notability cut-off would be mayorship of a city of about 100,000 people. Your mileage may vary. Carrite (talk) 22:23, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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