Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Adam

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Noting that the previously PROD'd article under this title was a different subject. ✗plicit 14:13, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Adam[edit]

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WP:BLP of a politician notable only for holding local political offices, not adequately referenced as passing WP:NPOL #2. The offices he has held are mayor of a small town and district administrator of a landkreis (the German equivalent of a county), neither of which are "inherently" notable offices that automatically guarantee inclusion in Wikipedia per se -- at this level of significance, the notability test is not the ability to minimally verify that the person exists, but the ability to write and source a substantive article about his political significance: specific things he did, specific projects he spearheaded, specific effects he had on the development of the town or the county, and on and so forth. But there are just three sources here, two of which just verify the start and end of his county-level role with no evidence of any ongoing coverage while he was in office, and the third is just a very short blurb announcing his domestic partner registration. And, in fact, the article is so poorly maintained that it still describes him as the incumbent landrat of Regen even though he stepped down in 2017 and has not reassumed the office since. This just isn't enough coverage to make a person permanently and internationally notable for holding local office. Bearcat (talk) 12:24, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 12:24, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 12:24, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:28, 23 July 2021 (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.