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Non-notable local politician. County commissioner is not the sort of position that affords automatic notability under WP:NPOL, so we're left with the GNG, which Parsons fails: the only reliable sources in the article are either interviews or trivial mentions, and a WP:BEFORE search finds only more of the same. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:43, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:43, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:43, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While a County Commissioner would normally not be a notable enough position under WP:NPOL I believe given the recent COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests and the specific role he has played as Chairman of the board in overseeing the crisis has generated significant media coverage beyond trivial mentions and beyond his own county gaining multiple headlines.(1, 2, 3, 4) He was also deemed prominent enough to testify before the US Senate along with a slate of local officials who mostly do have Wikipedia pages (5) and before the pandemic had a biographical article (non-interview) in the local newspaper. His impact has been far greater than that of a normal County Commissioner as evidenced by his increased media coverage over the other commissioners on the board, his personal involvement in pushing back against federal funds, and direct local protests planned against him and not the commissioners as a whole developing a public persona more akin to a mayor or representative than a county commissioner. Jazatz2 (talk) 19:54, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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	:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Pennsylvania\|list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Extraordinary Writ\|Extraordinary Writ]] ([[User talk:Extraordinary Writ\|talk]]) 05:43, 10 October 2021 (UTC)</small>		:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Pennsylvania\|list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Extraordinary Writ\|Extraordinary Writ]] ([[User talk:Extraordinary Writ\|talk]]) 05:43, 10 October 2021 (UTC)</small>

	While a County Commissioner would normally not be a notable enough position under [[WP:NPOL]] I believe given the recent COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests and the specific role he has played as Chairman of the board in overseeing the crisis has generated significant media coverage beyond trivial mentions and beyond his own county gaining multiple headlines.({{url\|https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/03/lancaster-countys-vast-gleaming-covid-19-vaccination-center-puts-pressure-on-other-county-officials-to-do-the-same.html\|1}}, {{url\|https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/lancaster-on-track-to-reach-6-000-shots-per-day-next-week-as-pa-rapidly/article_d477d300-9265-11eb-b993-63ae5f09b659.html\|2}}, {{url\|https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/commissioner-josh-parsons-warns-against-new-infrastructure-spending-in-senate-testimony/article_24cbe4bc-cdfe-11eb-bb99-77516cb12431.html\|3}}, {{url\|https://local21news.com/news/local/lancaster-county-commissioner-calls-out-governor-wolf-for-joining-george-floyd-protests\|4}}) He was also deemed prominent enough to testify before the US Senate along with a slate of local officials who mostly do have Wikipedia pages ({{url\|https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/21st-century-communities-local-leaders-on-the-infrastructure-needs-facing-americas-states-cities-and-towns\|5}}) and before the pandemic had a {{url\|https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/5-things-to-know-about-josh-parsons-lancaster-countys-newest-commissioner/article_5c580898-b2f7-11e5-a6e9-0760deffe890.html\|biographical article}} (non-interview) in the local newspaper. His impact has been far greater than that of a normal County Commissioner as evidenced by his increased media coverage over the other ~~commissioner's~~ on the board, his personal involvement in pushing back against federal funds, and direct {{url\|https://lancasterstandsup.org/campaigns/the-peoples-recovery/\|local protests}} planned against him and not the commissioners as a whole developing a public persona more akin to a mayor or representative than a county commissioner. [[User:Jazatz2\|Jazatz2]] ([[User talk:Jazatz2\|talk]]) 19:54, 10 October 2021 (UTC)		While a County Commissioner would normally not be a notable enough position under [[WP:NPOL]] I believe given the recent COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests and the specific role he has played as Chairman of the board in overseeing the crisis has generated significant media coverage beyond trivial mentions and beyond his own county gaining multiple headlines.({{url\|https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/03/lancaster-countys-vast-gleaming-covid-19-vaccination-center-puts-pressure-on-other-county-officials-to-do-the-same.html\|1}}, {{url\|https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/lancaster-on-track-to-reach-6-000-shots-per-day-next-week-as-pa-rapidly/article_d477d300-9265-11eb-b993-63ae5f09b659.html\|2}}, {{url\|https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/commissioner-josh-parsons-warns-against-new-infrastructure-spending-in-senate-testimony/article_24cbe4bc-cdfe-11eb-bb99-77516cb12431.html\|3}}, {{url\|https://local21news.com/news/local/lancaster-county-commissioner-calls-out-governor-wolf-for-joining-george-floyd-protests\|4}}) He was also deemed prominent enough to testify before the US Senate along with a slate of local officials who mostly do have Wikipedia pages ({{url\|https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/21st-century-communities-local-leaders-on-the-infrastructure-needs-facing-americas-states-cities-and-towns\|5}}) and before the pandemic had a {{url\|https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/5-things-to-know-about-josh-parsons-lancaster-countys-newest-commissioner/article_5c580898-b2f7-11e5-a6e9-0760deffe890.html\|biographical article}} (non-interview) in the local newspaper. His impact has been far greater than that of a normal County Commissioner as evidenced by his increased media coverage over the other commissioners on the board, his personal involvement in pushing back against federal funds, and direct {{url\|https://lancasterstandsup.org/campaigns/the-peoples-recovery/\|local protests}} planned against him and not the commissioners as a whole developing a public persona more akin to a mayor or representative than a county commissioner. [[User:Jazatz2\|Jazatz2]] ([[User talk:Jazatz2\|talk]]) 19:54, 10 October 2021 (UTC)