Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Earl W. Smith
There are certain things listed in the article that, if verified in a reliable source, would constitute passage of . However, I can't verify them - specifically, that he had an article in Columbus Monthly Magazine profiling him in 2000 (I found nothing at the Columbus Monthly site http://www.columbusmonthly.com/past_issues/#2000 to verify that claim), or that he was the Fraternal Order of Police's Police Officer of the Year in 2002. Frankly, I'm having trouble finding independent sources that verify anything but the bare facts of candidacy and that he was once a cop. If that continues up to the closing, then I don't see that we can do much besides delete the article
— User:RayAYang, 16:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)