Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John McLeish

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The result was redirect to List of mayors of Toowoomba. (non-admin closure) jcgoble3 (talk) 02:22, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

John McLeish

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I don't think that just being mayor of Toowoomba is enough to be notable. The only reference the article currently has ([1]) is published by the Toowoomba Regional Council, which I don't think can be considered an independent source. I don't think he meets any meets of the criterion at WP:POLITICIAN and, having searched gnews, gbooks and trove nla, I don't think he meets WP:GNG. Jenks24 (talk) 13:36, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —Jenks24 (talk) 13:38, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Jenks24 (talk) 13:38, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I hate to say delete for a person from such a remote time; you wouldn't really expect to find much online about someone who was mayor in the 1880s. However, there ought to be something at Google Books if he was at all a historic figure - and there isn't.[2] Also, the Toowoomba article suggests that the population of the town was only a few hundred in the late nineteenth century, again suggesting that a mayor (as opposed to the founder of the town or something) might not be that notable. --MelanieN (talk) 01:45, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If he was mayor the same small town today, no one would pay him any heed. If there was no photo, this would be a speedy. I think the aged photo has a tug on those of us who like to preserve history, but there is no notability here. --Legis (talk - contribs) 07:22, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Agree about the photo. When I was looking for sources I was hoping to find anything that would make him even a little notable. If this article is deleted, hopefully the photo can be used on List of mayors of Toowoomba instead. Jenks24 (talk) 07:28, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of mayors of Toowoomba. Note: I am the article creator. I made this article a while back after the State Library of Queensland image donation, and really its only purpose is to showcase that image. Now that I think about it, it really shouldn't be a standalone article. However, I intend to eventually expand List of mayors of Toowoomba, so if the consensus is deletion rather than redirect please userfy so that I can use the material later. Thanks, --Cerebellum (talk) 09:03, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your input, I'd be fine with a redirect. Jenks24 (talk) 02:15, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per desire of content creator. Carrite (talk) 17:41, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect as above. Stuartyeates (talk) 00:59, 10 December 2011 (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.