Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terence Smith (politician)

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 11:35, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Terence Smith (politician)

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WP:BLP of a politician, notable primarily as the mayor of a town which, with a population of just 19K, is not large enough to get its mayors over WP:NPOL just for being mayors. The "more notable than the norm" hook here is that he's the youngest mayor currently serving in the United Kingdom, but Wikipedia does not confer any special notability on the youngest or oldest person to do some otherwise non-notable thing -- if "mayor" doesn't get him into Wikipedia on its own, then "youngest mayor" doesn't get him over the bar either. And with just two references here which are both mere blurbs, the coverage of him isn't substantive enough to claim that he passes WP:GNG either. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 14:56, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 15:29, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 15:30, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable mayor of a minor place.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:30, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:28, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The hook of being the youngest mayor in the UK, reported by the Guardian, gets this elected politician over the notability bar for me. Normally I would like to see a population of 50,000 or greater for an politico-keep for a mayor... Carrite (talk) 21:35, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how one 100-word blurb of human interest coverage is enough to give somebody a WP:GNG pass for a distinction that's explicitly deprecated as not conferring any special notability in and of itself. Bearcat (talk) 21:40, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:58, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Bearcat. Being a "first" or 'youngest" or "oldest" has not usually been a relevant factor to survive an AfD, unless the subject would otherwise meet WP:GNG. Enos733 (talk) 07:08, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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