Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis C. Waldrop

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The result was delete. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 19:00, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis C. Waldrop

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. Additionally, the tone of the article and the fact that the author of the page was literally "MayorDW" leads . me to believe that this is most likely an WP:AUTOBIO or a case of WP:PROMO at best. GPL93 (talk) 17:05, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 18:36, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Carolina-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 18:36, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Nearly unsourced BLP issues aside, the subject does not pass WP:GNG or WP:NPOL, with coverage being almost entirely confined to the closest city paper (Greenville News) and substantively no better than the routine coverage/quotes any small-town mayor anywhere gets. Mentioned briefly in a 2000 Boston Globe article about South Carolina's rapid economic growth, but the coverage of this subject was not significant. Post-mayorship he drops the occasional quote about taxes being bad, but that's it. Clearly existed and served, but not notable under Wikipedia guidelines. (And it case it is not obvious, this is not the Dennis Waldrop who died in 2006.) Bakazaka (talk) 22:51, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per nom. City he was mayor of has only 20,000 people, no inherent notability. Reywas92^Talk 23:53, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As always, there is no automatic presumption of notability for smalltown mayors just because they exist — but this is referenced nowhere close to well enough to make him a special case of greater notability than the norm. Bearcat (talk) 17:33, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and above. SportingFlyer T·C 20:38, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Britishfinance (talk) 21:12, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete , Fails WP:GNG, Alex-h (talk) 14:33, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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