Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mayor of Mount Vernon, Washington

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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 23:16, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mayor of Mount Vernon, Washington

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As per WP:NPOL I don't think the mayors of a town of c.35,000 are notable. Ingratis (talk) 22:08, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Washington. Ingratis (talk) 22:08, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

~~:see WP:NPOL. Ingratis (talk) 23:44, 21 June 2022 (UTC)~~[reply]

Speedy Keep No policy based deletion rationale identified. Jclemens (talk) 22:23, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

nomination re-factored to make it plainer. Ingratis (talk) 00:12, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete there us nothing to suggest that this is an actual encyclopedic topic. Anything that can needs to be said about the mayor can be said in the article on the place. There is no reason for a content fork.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:29, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:NPOL seems primarily relevant insofar as determining inclusion, and I'd also argue the fact that the vast majority of its history no sources are readily available demonstrates this is a pretty niche topic. (FWIW, trawling Newspapers.com you probably could fill in a decent amount of that just based off of stories where the mayor was mentioned, but it'd still be pretty spotty based on my searches.) Every source currently in the article save one is a primary source, the other one is just "this guy was elected mayor", and I didn't find anything more promising. Mayors as a whole are generally not a major deal in small cities and towns. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 16:51, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per John Pack Lambert and Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs. Non-encyclopedic and non-notable, completely fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. Sal2100 (talk) 18:03, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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