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The result was delete. Sandstein 20:25, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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Mayor of a suburban city with no significant focused press coverage from even regional news outlets. Clearly fails the second clause in WP:NPOL. Sounder Bruce 05:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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No coverage from local sources? Are you trolling? Seattle Times, Redmond Reporter, KIRO-TV, all local outlets, all covered either her race or COVID-19 policy. If James E. Smith (Montana politician), former Mayor of Helena, MT, with three sources to his name can have an article, deleting this would make absolutely no sense. She's the Mayor of a city home to Microsoft and Nintendo. It's not like having an article for the mayor of Podunk, Iowa. NDACFan ( talk) 07:02, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- NDACFan, I said "no significant focused press coverage". Most of this falls under routine coverage or passing mentions, which does not establish notability. And the fact that other stuff exists does not make this article notable. Redmond is the 17th largest city in Washington by population, so regardless of its place as a tech hub it is just not a major city whose mayor is automatically a major political figure. Sounder Bruce 07:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- Delete nothing suggests that this mayor of a suburb of a major city is notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 18:32, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
- Comment - I'm unsure, but I'll do more research. Bearian ( talk) 00:21, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete mayors of unimportant cities are not inherently notable per WP:NPOL, meaning we need more than local coverage or substantial long term local coverage or being famous for non-political reasons, and none of these conditions are met. SportingFlyer T· C 21:13, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Sandstein 20:25, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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Mayor of a suburban city with no significant focused press coverage from even regional news outlets. Clearly fails the second clause in WP:NPOL. Sounder Bruce 05:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Sounder Bruce 05:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Sounder Bruce 05:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. Sounder Bruce 05:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
No coverage from local sources? Are you trolling? Seattle Times, Redmond Reporter, KIRO-TV, all local outlets, all covered either her race or COVID-19 policy. If James E. Smith (Montana politician), former Mayor of Helena, MT, with three sources to his name can have an article, deleting this would make absolutely no sense. She's the Mayor of a city home to Microsoft and Nintendo. It's not like having an article for the mayor of Podunk, Iowa. NDACFan ( talk) 07:02, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- NDACFan, I said "no significant focused press coverage". Most of this falls under routine coverage or passing mentions, which does not establish notability. And the fact that other stuff exists does not make this article notable. Redmond is the 17th largest city in Washington by population, so regardless of its place as a tech hub it is just not a major city whose mayor is automatically a major political figure. Sounder Bruce 07:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- Delete nothing suggests that this mayor of a suburb of a major city is notable. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 18:32, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
- Comment - I'm unsure, but I'll do more research. Bearian ( talk) 00:21, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
- Delete mayors of unimportant cities are not inherently notable per WP:NPOL, meaning we need more than local coverage or substantial long term local coverage or being famous for non-political reasons, and none of these conditions are met. SportingFlyer T· C 21:13, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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