Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard

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The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:55, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard

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Fails WP:NPOL. Sheppard was only mayor of a city with a population of 33,972 (fairly small), and served with little note. Though she did hire a convicted murderer, and the Baltimore Sun noticed, Wikipedia is WP:NOTNEWS, and the NYTimes article is not sufficient coverage. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:32, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 14:51, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 14:51, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

While the population of Chester is relatively small now, it is the largest city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was the first city founded in PA and was much larger with 66,000 residents as recently as 1950. The election of Bohannan-Sheppard was a major change giving Democrats control of city government for the first time in 125 years due to residents' frustration with major corruption in the city including the previous mayor John H. Nacrelli. She is the second female, African-American mayor of Chester behind Willie Mae James Leake. On top of mention of her election in major papers such as the Washington Post, New York Times and Baltimore Sun, Bohannan-Sheppard is mentioned in the book "The Ecological Community" by Roger Gottlieb and "Finding God in the Singing River: Christianity, Spirit, Nature" by Mark Wallace. To say that she served with little note ignores the grass roots environmental task force she led opposing the placement of sewage treatment plants, medical waste facilities, recycling centers and trash incinerators in the city of Chester highlighted in the 1998 California Review Article by Sheila Foster titled - "Barbara%20Bohannan-Sheppard" Justice from the Ground Up: Distributive Inequities, Grassroots Resistance, and the Transformative Politics of the Environmental Justice Movement. To quote WP:PERSON, "For people, the person who is the topic of a biographical article should be "worthy of notice" or "note" - that is "remarkable" or "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded" within Wikipedia as a written account of that person's life." I believe this article meets that requirement. Dwkaminski (talk) 15:04, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete my before search brought up very little about her, and the articles on the page don't appear to pass WP:GNG. SportingFlyer talk 16:54, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets GNG. She is notable for hiring the convicted felon. The fact that this happened in Chester does not surprise me. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 18:06, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep plenty of very substantial coverage in reliable independent sources. Lotss of significant and historic coverage. Being mayor of a smaller coty does not preclude someone from being notable. FloridaArmy (talk) 22:23, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:04, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The hiring of the convicted killer might be worth mentioning on the history section of our article on Chester, Pennsylvania, but it does not justify having a stand alone article. All the more so because the subject is more than likely still alive.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:01, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: As not notable per previous "delete" !votes. Making blue link of mayors of towns or even cities or city council members is certainly not a reason for creating these stand-alone pseudo biography articles. Otr500 (talk) 07:34, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Joe (talk) 08:38, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Article and nomination appear to suffer from lack of access to news archives; she was Mayor thirty years ago. WP:HEY, I did a very minor expand/source. More INDEPTH coverage exists from which article can be further improved.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:26, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Multiple, reliable, independent sources including Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and books and legal reviews Dwkaminski (talk) 11:48, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In addition to the gonzo academic sourcing brought by User:Dwkaminski there is: The Failure of Environmental Regulation: What Is a Poor Person to Do - Are the Civil Rights of Community Residents at Odds with Environmental Concerns - Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and Thermal Pure Systems, Inc., 1993 W.L. 456285; Czmus, Akim F.. INDEPTH on Bohannan-Sheppard.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:18, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per E.M.Gregory--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:33, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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