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The result was redirect to List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut. Spartaz Humbug! 21:56, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
George S. Gregory
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Warden of a community not large enough to pass WP:NPOL. No proof of any media coverage either. Only sources are census related. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:47, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:47, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Connecticut-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:47, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Delete. Being warden of a small town is not an automatic inclusion freebie — but the article is referenced entirely to primary source census records, verifying only his residence and the names of his family members, rather than any evidence of reliable source media coverage about him for the purposes of getting over WP:NPOL #2 (where the bar is "significant press coverage", not "is verifiable as having existed".) The key to making a local political figure notable enough for an article does not rest on the ability to locate the names of his wife and kids — it depends on the ability to write and source some substance about his political career: specific things he did in office, specific projects he championed, and on and so forth. Bearcat ( talk) 15:12, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
- Redirect. to
List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut. It'd be a more useful navigational tool and wouldn't lose access to contribution history.
@ Bearcat: I added 2 secondary sources, and I do have a few more. However, the guy is only noted for being mayor of Norwalk for a year and his livery stable (which burned down). I could theoretically add the other sources I do have, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] but I don't think I should bother since this would be better off as a redirect. I don't know if any of that changes the calculation for you, so I wanted to just let you know. – MJL ‐Talk‐ ☖ 18:41, 14 December 2019 (UTC) - Delete The coverage we have of him is hyper local press coverage we will find on every city leader everywhere that the printing press had been used to create a mass production press, from its first implementation in about 1830 onward. Nothing makes him notable, and there is no strong concensus that histories of localities should list every leader ever. So I see no reason to redirect.
John Pack Lambert (
talk) 18:33, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
- @ Johnpacklambert: For as long as we have List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut as a list, we should ensure it receives a steady supply of links to it through redirects and the like. If you think that my proposed target doesn't meet WP:LISTN, then I encourage you to nominate it for deletion to be rid of it because it currently does George S. Gregory. Otherwise, your arguement against redirection, to me, rings hollow. – MJL ‐Talk‐ ☖ 00:17, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- Redirect to List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut as a valid target. -- Enos733 ( talk) 05:13, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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