Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seth Speiser

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:23, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seth Speiser

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Local politician with no indication of notability. The subject is a village mayor (pop. 4,582) who fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Contested PROD. JTtheOG (talk) 20:29, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Illinois. JTtheOG (talk) 20:29, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Nominator does not indicate how Speiser fails either WP:NPOL or WP:GNG. Speiser does not hold state-wide office or higher, but is A politician who has received "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, his arrest was the number one statewide story in Illinois of 2022. Also made national news (NPR, NBC, Fox) this year with comments about discriminatory disability mascots. Kire1975 (talk) 20:40, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Correction, the BND story appears to be a top story in "Southwest Illinois." Kire1975 (talk) 20:45, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the only real coverage he's received is related to citation for state hunting violations. This is BLP and WP:CRIME applies - he's not a "renowned national or international figure" nor was "the crime or the execution of the crime is unusual—or has otherwise been considered noteworthy." Also, this[1] is the only NPR coverage I can find mentioning him and it's not actually national coverage as it's from NPR Illinois. Zzz plant (talk) 22:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The byline is from "St. Louis Public Radio" which is syndicated nationally, for example it was picked up by NPR Illinois, where Freeburg is, near the border with Missouri near St. Louis. Kire1975 (talk) 22:36, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BLP? Oh, I see. Okay. Change to Support Kire1975 (talk) 22:41, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Per the article, Seth Speiser is a general contractor and a local elected official. Local politicians are not automatically notable, nor are they not automatically not notable. Reasons a local politician could be notable are longevity in service (Robert L. Butler, Margaret Doud, or Hilmar Moore) or misconduct (Betty Loren-Maltese or Rita Crundwell) or being a local politician who happens to be famous for another reason (Brandon Bochenski as Mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota). A citation from the Illinois Conservation Police for hunting with bait does not meet WP:CRIME. His defense of Freeburg High School's mascot is not so great as to warrant an individual article per WP:NOPAGE and using coverage of his quote as Mayor is confusing existence with notability. A search of ProQuest, NewsBank, and NewspaperArchive did not turn up anything of note with run of the mill happenings like commenting on grocery store openings or The Freeburg Tribune noting he won election to the Freeburg Elementary School council. There are also a lot of efforts to mask a lack of notability in the article such as the use of three citations for the hunting violation. Per WP:OUTCOMES neither his business career as a general contractor (of which I found nothing) or his position as a local elected official warrant an individual article. --Mpen320 (talk) 02:17, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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