Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phil Poirier

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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 of the debate was delete. Flowerparty☀ 00:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Poirier

Mayor of a town of 50,000. Created as part of an ad campaign for Team Cornwall. No notability claimed. Deprodded.

  • Delete as per my nom. Dlyons493 Talk 18:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete or prove notability. --Francisco Valverde 20:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete it's a substub anyway. --Tango 20:47, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, mayors are notable --Deville (Talk) 20:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Comment I wouldn't have thought they were per se. But if you can point me at the relevant policy, I'll happily withdraw the AfD. Dlyons493 Talk 20:54, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hm, I wasn't quoting a specific policy, but let me put it this way: the policy is that a writer with an audience of 5,000 is considered notable, correct? Seems to me that a mayor of a town of 50,000 is at least as well-known --Deville (Talk) 21:00, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - no assertion of notability. ➨ ≡ЯΞDVΞRS≡ 21:05, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I'd say "is a mayor" is an assertion of notability. The question is if it's a valid assertion or not. As a substub, I think the point is moot - even if an article on him would be acceptable, there is nothing there worth keeping. When deciding if mayors are notable per se, consider this: Are ex-mayors notable? We're not going to keep an article only as long as he's in office, that would be silly, but would we want an article about everyone who's ever been a mayor? --Tango 21:22, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as part of walled garden. —porges(talk) 22:26, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge into Cornwall, Ontario, in my opinion mayors of small cities aren't notable enough for an own article, but notable enough for a mention in city/town article. --Eivindt@c 06:36, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
His name is already in that article. A merge would require simply adding the Team Cornwall bit. --Tango 12:01, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I'd suggest not adding Team Cornwall, since it was that advertising run that generated this article in the first place. Wikipedia is not for promotional uses. Dlyons493 Talk
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.