Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John R Norris
The USDA appointment would likely be enough to make him eligible for an article if it were sourced ''properly'' — but there's nothing here that entitles him to an automatic  pass just for ''existing'', and the sourcing is not where it would need to be to claim that he passed  in lieu. ''Iowa Starting Line'', for example, is a one-man WordPress blog, not a |reliable source, and most of the rest of the sources here are |primary ones that don't assist notability at all — for ''valid'' sourcing, all we have here is (a) a ''single'' unnecessarily quadruplicated citation to Radio Iowa about the initial announcement of the USDA appointment with ''no'' evidence of ongoing coverage of him ''in'' said role, and (b) |routine wire service blurbs about his hiring and departure from the non-notable position of chief of staff to a cabinet secretary. And being a ''potential'' candidate in a future gubernatorial election does not boost his notability either — people get articles for ''holding'' notable political offices, not just for announcing that they ''might'' maybe run in the ''primary''. So no prejudice against recreation if he ''wins'' the gubernatorial election next year, but nothing present here right now is enough to already get him an article today
— User:Bearcat, 14:00, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NPOL||WP:GNG||WP:RS||WP:PRIMARYSOURCES||WP:ROUTINE (Wikipedia:Notability)