Deletion of James Sheppard (politician)

Comment: For a figure of purely local notability, it takes quite a lot more than just ''four'' pieces of purely ''local'' media coverage to get them over  #2 — every single local police chief who exists at all, anywhere in the entire United States, could ''always'' show four pieces of purely local coverage. What it would take in this instance is coverage which shows him as ''more'' notable than the norm for his role, such as coverage extending significantly ''beyond'' the purely local and/or the number of available references being closer to 50 than to five
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: the subject is well known across Upstate New York, but I'm not sure how |notable he is. |FWIW, the incumbent is Six degrees of separation|a friend of a friend of mine; we attended the same law school
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:COI)

Comment: Fails 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: Meets  criteria.  "Politicians and Judges"  (2) "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage". 4 reliable sourced articles,  independent of each other covering subject
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)