Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/T. Troy Jenkins

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The result was delete. SarahStierch (talk) 16:55, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

T. Troy Jenkins[edit]

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Former local politician and now municipal administrator who fails to meet WP:POLITICIAN – hasn't held provincewide office or higher, wasn't a major local political figure that received significant press coverage (being youngest elected in history of municipality isn't sufficient as every municipality has a youngest elected official) and no significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article. Also note article appears to have been created by T. Troy Jenkins himself. Hwy43 (talk) 07:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Hwy43 (talk) 07:22, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Hwy43 (talk) 07:26, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. His current employment in local government administration is not notable; his political activities don't meet our notability guidelines for politicians and I can't see any evidence of passing the general notability guidelines, either. I couldn't find any Google News hits for '"Troy Jenkins" cape breton' or '"Troy Jenkins" nova scotia' (there are plenty of other Troy Jenkinses in the world, so some limitation is needed). I also note that the only claim in the article that is in any way out of the ordinary (being the youngest person to serve on that particular council, which I agree isn't sufficient on its own) is unsourced. Dricherby (talk) 10:23, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No strong claim of notability here, nor are there particularly strong reliable sources being cited (one of them, in fact, is a staff directory.) In practice, only major metropolitan cities, which the CBRM is not, are allowed to claim notability for their municipal councillors, and even fewer municipalities ever get to claim notability for their city managers (I just checked all of Canada's ten largest cities' managers/CAOs, and Penny Ballem in Vancouver is the only one who actually has an article. Seriously, not even Joe Pennachetti.) In addition, there's a conflict of interest issue, as the article was created by User:Ttroyjenkins and subsequently edited by User:Troyjenkins1973. Bearcat (talk) 02:25, 10 June 2013 (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.