Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mayors of Burlington, Ontario

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:56, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of mayors of Burlington, Ontario[edit]

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Unsourced list of almost entirely non-notable people.
Burlington is large enough of a city that its mayors would probably be eligible to keep good, properly sourced articles, but not large enough that its mayors would get an automatic presumption of notability on an inadequate article just because they existed -- so of the 28 people listed here, just six of them have articles to link to, but three of those are up for AFD as not really passing NPOL #2, one hasn't been put up for AFD but it's still debatable as to whether her article is really doing enough to put her on genuinely solid notability ground, and the two whose notability is secure are both notable for having gone on to hold higher offices at NPOL #1 levels rather than for having been mayors per se.
All of which adds up to a list that we shouldn't be keeping without solid sources for it. Bearcat (talk) 20:51, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 20:51, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:00, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Just a strange idea for a list even. Not formatted or sourced well and yes, simply being the mayor of a mid sized city at one point in time does not confer notability. Out of scope with Wikipedia and sure to make many dedicated list-haters wake up in a cold sweat. A MINOTAUR (talk) 03:29, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or merge to Burlington, Ontario#Government. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:32, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Since it's completely unsourced, there is really nothing to merge. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 01:37, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Unsourced list, doesn't make sense as well! There's hardly any option other than deletion. Ekdalian (talk) 14:14, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per nom. I had initially PROD tagged the article, but it was not improved upon. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:41, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Can be merged somewhere if urgent. NavjotSR (talk) 16:20, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.