Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anja Reinke
The notability test for mayors is not just the size of the city per se — merely asserting that a city is "regionally significant" (outdated language that should actually be removed from POLOUTCOMES, because how we gauge mayoral notability has significantly ''evolved'' since that was written) is not in and of itself an exemption from the article actually having to pass  #2 on properly sourced evidence of the mayor's significance. The notability test for a mayor is not passed just by minimally verifying that he or she exists, or by the old "mayors are inherently notable if the city meets or exceeds 50K in population" test that we abandoned several years ago: it's passed by showing a substantial volume and depth of coverage demonstrating his or her political impact: specific things he or she did, specific projects he or she spearheaded, specific effects he or she had on the development of the city, and on and so forth. And while it's true that NPOL doesn't explicitly state a distinction between directly elected executive vs. rotational, council-selected or ceremonial mayors ''per se'', it is profoundly unlikely (though I won't say completely impossible) that the required notability standard can ever actually be attained by a non-executive non-elected mayor, precisely because that type of mayor just chairs the meetings and doesn't control the ''agenda''. There's just no automatic presumption of notability for mayors ''regardless'' of whether they were directly elected or appointed from within council, and neither of these articles is meeting the standard they would need to meet. And no, owning a local restaurant isn't a notability freebie either, in the absence of much broader coverage in that context than just a couple of community hyperlocals
— User:Bearcat, 12:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NPOL (Wikipedia:Notability)