Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Vandersteen

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 03:54, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Vandersteen

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WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as mayor of a smallish city, not adequately referenced for the purposes of passing WP:NPOL #2. As always, mayors are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist: the notability test for a mayor hinges on the ability to write and source some genuine substance about their political significance -- specific things they did in the job, specific effects they had on the development of the city, and on and so forth -- but this is sourced to just four hits of purely local verification of election results, and features no substance at all about his political impact. Making a mayor notable enough for inclusion requires a lot more than just offering technical verification that he won one or more mayoral elections: we need to see some real evidence that his mayoralty is genuinely important, not just minimal proof that it exists. Bearcat (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:NPOL and I could only find local coverage about him. - Tristan Surtel (talk) 22:05, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete My local mayor, but he does indeed fair WP:NPOL; his mayoral run is purposefully stunted (as will future mayors of my community) due to the actions of Bob Ryan, where an anonymous city administrator now does most of the city's day-to-day business. Nate • (chatter) 23:22, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:NPOL. Best, GPL93 (talk) 15:04, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete - I appear to be in the minority who believes mayor of cities over 75,000 are notable. Bearian (talk) 21:31, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The City of Sheboygan has a population of 49,000. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:37, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not even close to being a notable politician.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:46, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nominator....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:53, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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