Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph A. Maturo, Jr.

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Mailer Diablo 18:00, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph A. Maturo, Jr.

Article was PROD'd with the reason "A7 bio -- mayor of a town of 28,000, no references". I thought it might be controversial to delete an article on a sitting mayor, so I'm AfD-ing. I have no preference regarding deletion. RJH (talk) 14:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, assuming he is a valid mayor Antares33712 15:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per Antares33712's comments. Scorpiondollprincess 16:01, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or MajorRewrite - that's an awfully long article for the mayor of a non-major-metropolitan city. Agree with nom for {{db-bio}}. And the uncited "Maturo is getting a divorce" entry didn't sit well with me either -- MrDolomite | Talk 19:15, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - I popped in to check on the article and saw the change and the notability comment about the repeat terms. Still a little bio-ish and lengthy, but getting better and headed in the right direction. -- MrDolomite | Talk 21:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. "Maturo was only the second East Haven mayor — and the first Republican — to win a fifth term." I'd like sources to support this, but I'll take this as de facto evidence that he's gotten press coverage, and that would get him over the hurdle of WP:BIO for local politicians. —C.Fred (talk) 01:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I will look at re-writing the article to shorten it. Added reference to his re-election. I also never liked the divorce thing, so I removed the references to family. And finally isn't a encyclopedia intended to convey general knowledge of many subjects? Printed encyclopedia have limited space, but the online version should have the ability to have info on a town mayor with only 30,000 people. After all there is an article regarding a mayor of Carrboro, NC with only 16K --dep369 18:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)Dep369

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.