Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Earl W. Smith
Sorry, but candidates for office - even congressional office, much less state office, very much less city office - are not notable unless they have received the required press attention to pass . Mr. Smith has not. A search of Google News http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22earl+w.+smith%22&as_user_ldate=2000&as_user_hdate=2011&scoring=a&sa=N&start=10 finds a bunch of dead guys and one felon of the same name, but nothing at all about this Earl W. Smith. If he wins election he will be notable as the mayor of a major city, but as a candidate he is not
— User:MelanieN, 04:31, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)