Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jayme Mathias

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The result was delete. Enigma^msg 17:36, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jayme Mathias

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Non-notable local politician and ex-Roman Catholic priest who left the church headed by the Pope of Rome to be an independent Catholic. The coverage is excedingly local, and nowhere near what we expect for a living cleric. Being the pastor of the largest parish in a diocese will get headlines, but it does not make one notable, and we typically even exclude vicar generals of large archdioceses unless they are also ordained as auxilary bishops. In short, this is a run of the mill priest who got into an argument with his local bishop and left the organization that he was originally ordained in. He got headlines because the parish was high profile, but this is passing and local. He is certainly not notable in any way.

On top of that, throw in that this is a pretty obvious autobiography, and you have a good WP:NOTSPAM case for deletion as well. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:01, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for the reasons stated above. Shritwod (talk) 15:06, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; I agree with Tony. Some local renown is evidenced by the local coverage, but that doesn't change the fact that this is not a notable person by our standards--and the article wholly inappropriate. Drmies (talk) 16:59, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 04:07, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 04:07, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not notable; rife with argumentative pov. Kablammo (talk) 07:26, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:20, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete The main claim in the article involves misusing the term Catholic to try to make Mathias actually seem prominent. Other claims, like being the first Eagle Scout in a village of almost 300 people, actually I still find hard to believe applied to someone in the 1970s. Extraordinary claims call for extraoredinary sources, and we should not be parroting self-promotional rubbish. I am still trying to figure out how the head of a Church with 200-300 people is at all prominent, and the claim that someone who heads a Church with that number was a key figure in bringing a deliberately non-self-defining religious tradition to an area with 3 million or more people ascentral Texas is I just find beyond a believable claim. Wikipedia is not news, and nothing about Mathias raises to the level of news.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:05, 8 May 2018 (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.