Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elliott Killian

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The result was Delete. --MelanieN (talk) 14:55, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Elliott Killian

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WP:BLP of a politician notable primarily as a municipal councillor in a township with a population of just 17K — and the fact that his young age made it necessary for his election to accompany a local referendum to lower the age of eligibility to hold office, while marginally interesting as a human interest footnote, is not enough to make him a topic of enduring encyclopedic interest. This is not a claim of notability that gets a person over WP:NPOL — a city, town or township councillor needs to either serve in a major metropolitan global city, or get over WP:GNG on the basis of a lot more press coverage than has been shown here. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 21:31, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Yet another NN small-town politician. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:18, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete - almost notable. But not quite enough. Thparkth (talk) 19:32, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Smerge to Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The referendum that made him eligible to serve, which passed 52% to 48%, could be a sentence in the township's political history. It's slightly interesting because he ran unopposed, illustrating the problem many small communities have: convincing anyone to run. Kudos to him for getting involved, but the coverage is too sparse to convincingly pass WP:GNG or WP:POLITICIAN.

Centre County Report is a student media outlet at Penn State. Aside from Business Insider, I only found one other piece from Penn State about a student agricultural competition that has a few sentences about him as a team member, and one other minor quote like the StateCollege.com piece. Further to nom's observations, Ward 3 is just one part of the township. He received 317 votes, and that may overstate his individual appeal, as voters had the option of voting a straight party ballot. Worldbruce (talk) 07:13, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails WP:NPOL. Searches do not show they pass WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:17, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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