Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Alexander (politician)

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:52, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Alexander (politician)[edit]

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Mayor of a borough in New Jersey, population around 7500. Clearly Fails the non GNG criteria of WP:POLITICIAN. As for WP:GNG, the subject has gotten some press, including some references that were once in the article, and then removed, that sourced rather negative claims about the subject. In light of which, I think the subject fails the notability guidelines, and the article should be deleted. Monty ₈₄₅ 02:11, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:39, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:39, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:40, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There may be legitimate issues here, but "Jew Jersey"?!?!?! Alansohn (talk) 03:01, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Almost certainly a typo, I've been WP:BOLD and fixed it. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 05:17, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that was indeed a typo, my apologies if it offended anyone. Monty ₈₄₅ 16:22, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This former mayor of a small town fails WP:POLITICIAN. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:GNG. Anup Mehra ^✈ 15:01, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The first source is a primary source impermissibly used and does not support the statement which cites it. The second is permissibly used but consists of just a fact supporting a fact; I.E. is not suitable coverage to establish wp:notability. The third (his own Linked-in account) is not suitable to support the statement or relevant for wp:notability. So we have near zero suitably sourced material and zero sources of the type to establish wp:notability. There is a possibility that wp:notabiliity-suitable sources exist. However, while waiting for somebody to possibly find them, there is no enclyclopedic article material worth keeping. The article should get deleted for now. North8000 (talk) 21:11, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete If he was notable there should be newspaper clippings even if it was only in the local paper. Without them it should be deleted. SD (talk contribs) 00:38, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Bio for Mayor Scott Alexander is similar to other Mayor bios and should not be deleted. Please reference the Category:Mayors of places in New Jersey. If this bio fails then many of the bios nuder this category fail as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottyboy100 (talk • contribs) 11:56, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that you understand. This is mostly not a judge of real-world notability or prominence or of the position held. It is whether or not it has established wp:notability according to WP:Notability. Briefly, whether or not it has secondary source references with substantive coverage of the topic. North8000 (talk) 12:56, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails notability. JRPG (talk) 19:34, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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