Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Verne E. Rupright

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 00:06, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Verne E. Rupright[edit]

A mayor of a town of 5000 people with no other political credentials doesn't constitute notability. He only has an article as one of his predecessors was Sarah Palin, and I expect all major news coverage of him will be in respect to this. Computerjoe 's talk 17:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. —94.196.206.70 (talk) 17:54, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —94.196.206.70 (talk) 17:54, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree completely with the nominator, this is only because of Palin, and notability is not inherited. Dianne M. Keller, John Stein (mayor), List of mayors of Wasilla, Alaska and Category:Mayors of Wasilla, Alaska are all just window dressing, created after Palin came to national attention. We shouldn't list every small town mayor in the United States, Palin didn't have an article until she became governor. It's interesting to note that the Anchorage Daily News actually ran a story about how nobody really cared about the election that brought him to office [1]. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tumbleweed delete the corollary of the snowball delete... Beeblebrox (talk) 02:10, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete Merely being the mayor of a town a governor or VP candidate is from/was mayor of doesn't grant notability. So unless someone puts forward an independent basis of notability, I'll have to go with delete. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 20:10, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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