Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael C. Taylor

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The result was delete. czar 07:24, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Michael C. Taylor[edit]

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Sterling Heights does not have a strong mayor, the mayor has no more actual power than a member of the city council. They do directly elect the mayor, but he is just first among equals, the city is actually run by a city manager. When Taylor first ran for city council I deliberately voted for only him in the city council election to increase his odds of winning (he won, so it evidently worked), but he is not notable. We deleted the article on his longer served predecessor, Richard Notte, and there is no reason to keep the article on him. The mayor of Sterling Heights is not default notable, and there is not enough coverage of Taylor to show he is notable without the mayor being default notable. John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:21, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. J 947 ^{^{^(c)}}, at 04:32, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. J 947 ^{^{^(c)}}, at 04:32, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Mayors do not get an automatic "inherent" notability freebie just for existing as mayors — regardless of the size of city, the notability test for mayors is the ability to write a substantive and well-sourced article that demonstrates his significance as a mayor. This features neither the substance nor the depth of sourcing required, however. Bearcat (talk) 15:48, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I agree with Bearcat. Just because the individual is a mayor or local official, it does not automatically make him very notable. The coverage is WP:ROUTINE. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 15:13, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Even if the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press are largely printed in Sterling Heights, they are not "municipal newspapers". They are both well respected major metropolitian newspapers. The Macomb Daily is a bit more local, but not just Sterling Heights in coverage. However the articles do not rise above the level of routine coverage, and some of the coverage only name checks Taylor.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:13, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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.