Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Burroughs

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:17, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gary Burroughs[edit]

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Unsuccessful candidate for federal office (WP:NPOL).

Current office as chair of a regional municipality isn't notable as per MOS:CA#Municipal politics. Madg2011 (talk) 20:10, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 20:21, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 20:21, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I was the original creator here, at a time when Wikipedia was a lot looser about the notability of mayors than it is now. Under current standards, Niagara on the Lake is not large enough to automatically get its mayors past WP:NPOL, being chair of the regional council doesn't automatically make him more notable than the norm, and the coverage of him doesn't have the depth or range needed to satisfy the ultimate notability criterion for local politicians, "has been the subject of significant press coverage". There was once a time when all that had to be shown to get a basic stub started and presumed notable was that he could be verified as holding the mayoralty of a place that had a credible claim to "regional prominence", but we require quite a bit more than that now. Bearcat (talk) 21:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as per original creators wishes - not notable. Deathlibrarian (talk) 03:00, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - agree as per nom. Might also want to consider Frederick S. Goring for deletion because he appears to be in the same boat as Burroughs. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 18:33, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the catch. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick S. Goring. Bearcat (talk) 23:47, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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