Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Stauffer

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The result was redirect‎ to List of mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Any individuals found to be independently notable can be spun back off. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 01:14, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

William Stauffer

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Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is not notable in itself. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:02, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages because they were also only mayors of Lancaster, with one exception (see below):

Mathiot was also sheriff of Lancaster County and an alderman.[1] Clarityfiend (talk) 10:39, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Pennsylvania. Shellwood (talk) 11:33, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all to Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania as an ATD. Articles about mayors need to pass WP:GNG and illustrate their notable accomplishment and legacy while serving in the role. --Enos733 (talk) 16:23, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm sympathetic to generally keeping the mayors of the top 50 U.S. cities, state capitals, and largest city in each state, but this town is the 10th most populous in a state and appears to have never been a top 50 city so I'd lean delete. However, someone should do a WP:BEFORE on each mayor to make sure they don't meet notability guidelines for something else (former/future mayors frequently serve in state legislatures for example). TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 19:54, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
One assumes the nominator has done a proper WP:BEFORE on the individuals. Is that indeed the case? Djflem (talk) 18:11, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think so. I just did a check of the PA House and Senate and Christian Kieffer served in the state house. The rest appear to have never served in the PA state legislature. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 06:08, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did so check (see Mathiot). I just missed the one (and only one) ghit for Kieffer. (And why do !voters keep not putting the asterisk at the end, where it actually does something?) Clarityfiend (talk) 06:41, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect all to Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania as best ATD, a preferred outcome. Djflem (talk) 16:07, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There may be enough to establish notability for John Mathiot, as he held a number of local offices including postmaster. Not sure if there is enough at hand to pass GNG, but a search of newspaper archives may be fruitful. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 21:35, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Local offices like that (I have already listed some for Mathiot) aren't really enough to confer notability. Clarityfiend (talk) 15:05, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just noting that Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is not an appropriate Redirect target because it is a Redirect, not an article. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:43, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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