527:, Thanks for participating. I have reviewed all these 3 articles, and found that none of these 3 articles are covering the subject. They are routine articles about the work of Municipal corporation with minor passing mention of the mayor or his statement as its office bearer. so these sources does not meet
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of a significant volume of sourcing, not just a name that shows up in some news articles, to get over the bar. But conversely, just because you can show a small blip of coverage about him specifically in the context of his initial selection as mayor doesn't get him over the bar either, if you can't
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implausible. Nobody has suggested how such an unusual situation might have come about, and per Tayi
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to a suitable article about the municipal corporation should be good here. Mayors in India are generally heads of the municipal corporation body. This is important information to keep, but not necessarily as a standalone article. May I suggest to redirect this article to a page about the Kollam
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of notability does not mean, and has never meant, that an article about them is presumed deletable. The idea that articles about what a person does as mayor do not qualify as "significant" because they are only about the person's actions rather than the person
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English). No BLP issue is apparent. The arguments for deletion appear to be classic examples of reading policy upside-down; the fact that someone does not qualify for a
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