Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simeon López

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 I can understand TexasAndroid position. 12,000 is very small for a city to establish notbality, but Iain99 makes a very strong case that can't be ignored. This is a national capital and thus the mayor would be well known in that part of the world. Balloonman (talk) 06:25, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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I speedy deleted this, but was persuaded to give it a chance. Biographical stub about the mayor of a city of only 12,000 people would not generally be notable. Except in this case, the city happens to be the capital of a small central American country, Belize. So, does the fact that it is a national capital confer notability that would not otherwise be conferred on small town mayors? I'm inclined to think not, but I have been shown to be wrong at AFDs before, so we shall see. TexasAndroid 20:43, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

• I'm inclined to say keep because I find it very hard to believe that the mayor of a capital city could NOT be the subject of numerous reliable, independent sources. Admittedly given the subject the sources are unlikely to be the UK/US press, or even readily available in the internet, but that shouldn't matter unless we want even more systematic bias on Wikipedia. The article at the moment is a valid stub, and its few facts are verifiable from Google; it can remain so until someone with knowledge of Belize feels like expanding it. Iain99^{Balderdash and piffle} 21:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Iain99. This person would be well-known within Belize, so I think he is notable enough for Wikipedia, regardless of his country's size. I don't think a person's notability should be weighed against the size of the country they come from. Kudos to TexasAndroid for a very thoughtful nomination, though :-) Bláthnaid 00:45, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

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