Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Wolfe (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. – Joe (talk) 10:00, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Wolfe[edit]

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Not notable. Fails WP:NPOL, WP:BIO and WP:GNG. Claims of significance are ;being a local mayor, county-level sheriff, unsuccessful congressional candidate and Vietnam veteran. He may also have been a bishop for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. None of these roles grant presumed notability or are very significant. I have searched for sources but found nothing that in my opinion is anything substantial, reliable, independant and not run of the mill routine coverage. Prince of Thieves (talk) 12:30, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note that I checked all of West Virginia's local politicians to find this article. Articles about county level politicians are not generally kept without some other significant role. Prince of Thieves (talk) 13:09, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 12:34, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 12:34, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 12:34, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep seems to me to pass WP:NPOL. "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage." Mayor is a major local political figure and I found plenty of coverage of his time in office and policies he implemented. Also some coverage of his time as sheriff. Small city of 50,000 people. Seems enough. FloridaArmy (talk) 14:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What part of routine coverage of his office is supposed to represent significant press coverage? Prince of Thieves (talk) 15:36, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean by routine coverage but I saw articles about a fee increase, his reaction to the city's being named the fattest in America and being a setting for a Jamie Oliver program, a comparison of shooting deaths during his stint as mayor as opposed to successors, the selling off of a fire station, and other articles and coverage about his tenure in office and place in the city's history. Seems entirely notable and worthwhile to include in a pageless encyclopedia. I'm not sure what you consider routine but I find history and political evolution worthwhile. FloridaArmy (talk) 15:55, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that seems quite reasonable. Prince of Thieves (talk) 16:05, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Nothing particularly notable about him. Press coverage is pretty routine for a city of Huntington's size.Bitmapped (talk) 16:43, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Every mayor of everywhere could always claim to be a major local political figure, but every mayor of everywhere is not automatically accepted as notable just because he exists. To get over the bar, a mayor of a city this size would have to have enough substance and sourcing that he could credibly claim to be more notable than most other mayors of cities this size — because there's literally no mayor of anywhere who couldn't show the amount of sourcing shown here. Bearcat (talk) 03:45, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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