Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Kaptain
The question is not the current state of the article, which can always be expanded if the article is kept. (Usually a politician's biographical information can be filled in based on his bio on the city's website, even though such bios are a non-independent source. But in fact that http://kaptainformayor.com/about bio is a campaign statement rather than a biography. It reads as if he is still running; it doesn't even mention that he is the mayor.). The question here is whether he should have an article at all. IMO he should not. Being mayor (and prior to that, city councilman) of the eighth largest city in his state does not grant him presumed notability under , especially since he has been mayor for only a few months. He has to be judged by whether he has received significant coverage in multiple reliable sources, and he hasn't. He has received MINOR coverage in reliable sources. http://www.google.com/#q=dave+kaptain&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=nws&ei=-mWjToiBBeTniAKQkLhm&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=5&sqi=2&ved=0CBcQ_AUoBA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=455b7feeff74f86&biw=1044&bih=660 Google News finds only routine coverage of the things that mayors say and do. There is nothing that amounts to significant coverage about HIM
— User:MelanieN, 01:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)