Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Powers (mayor)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) b uidhe 03:23, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

John Powers (mayor)[edit]

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Being a mayor is not a default sign of notability. We have nothing here that would come even close to showing the passing of GNG. I was looking for sources, but what I came up with were his LinkedIn page, a blog run by the local newspaper giving the history of all the mayoral races for the last decade or so from when it was written, ad passing mention in a local newspaper. Nothing that adds up to the level of coverage to show notability John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:33, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:37, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:37, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Spokane per WP:CHEAP. I deprodded this because, I thought, surely he would pass WP:NPOL as the first strong mayor of a city of 240,000 and former host to the World's fair. I don't have strong feelings. Bearian (talk) 15:24, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. The following is the coverage of Powers I've found:

An article in BizJournals about Powers [1].
Five articles in The Spokesman-Review [2][3][4]. At least two of these articles I would consider undeniably about Powers [5] [6].
A biography in on the Paulsbo Rotary Club (of questionable independence) [7].
Several articles in Spokane Journal of Business [8], at least two of which I would consider undeniably about Powers [9][10]
Article in Inlander (newspaper) in part about Powers' mayoral race [11]

I see no reason why the fact of The Spokesman-Review or Spokane Journal of Business being local should disqualify them as reliable sources. According to the The Spokesman-Review's Wikipedia article, It has the third highest readership among daily newspapers in [Washington] state. userdude 04:53, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per userdude. In addition to those sources, I also found this article in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin which is entirely about Powers. There are also a number of other articles in the Union-Bulletin and the Centralia Chronicle which mention Powers, and per the GNG, the subject "does not need to be the main topic of the source material". Surachit (talk) 18:38, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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