Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/E. C. Alft
Passes . As a rule of thumb, mayors of cities (like Elgin) with populations > 100,000 have been found to warant stand-alone articles.  A quick search of Newspapers.com found more than 100 articles discussing Alft, his published works, and his works as mayor, councilman, teacher, etc. A few examples of  include '''(1)''' "Elgin's in his blood: Look! Mike Alft can never learn enough", ''Chicago Tribune'', March 31, 1991 (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75139577/alft-pt-1/ part 1 and https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75139604/alft-pt-2/ part 2); '''(2)''' "https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75139672/alft/ Elgin marks historian's 90th birthday", ''Chicago Tribune'',July 14, 2015 (a six-colum, in depth piece), '''(3)''' "Elgin honors former mayor, library trustee, author", ''Chicago Tribune'', Nov 17, 2011 (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75140982/alft-part-1/ part 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75141071/alft-part-2/ part 2); '''(4)''' https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160312/news/160319583/ Dean of Elgin historians moving out of Elgin , ''Daily Herald'', March 12, 2016; '''(5)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75139810/ec-alft/ this; '''(6)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75140451/alft/ this; '''(7)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75140539/alft/ this; and '''(8)''' https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-fran-alft-obit-st-0506-20160505-story.html this
— User:Cbl62, 14:03, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:SIGCOV (Wikipedia:Notability)