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The result waskeep,Thunder Bay is a significant Canadian city. I know to Americans that 10^5 people doesn't sound impressive at all, but this is Canada, and northern Ontario at that. Thunder Bay's importance inside Canada is comparable to something like (to choose a random medium-sized midwestern town)Cleveland's importance in the US, and one notes by way of precedent thatList of Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio has a whole bunch of bluelinks. ---Deville (Talk)03:15, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Makes only one claim of notability, being mayor of a reasonable-sized town, but that falls below the level of office which is considered inherently notable perthe notability guideline. Absent any independent claim to notability, this is just one of the myriad local politicians for whom there will never be sufficient interest to ensure ongoing coverage in reliable sources.Just zisGuy you know?14:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Central city to Northern Ontario, the current Mayor should have a page. Should be expanded.Clausewitz01
• Keep Mayor of an important town is an encyclopaedic topic. Being a stub is not a criterion for deletion, but for expansion.WilyD15:42, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lynn Peterson already has 29 GNews hits[1], that's enough for an article.WilyD15:42, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as perWP:BIO. The mayor of a city is a major local political figure. --Whpq17:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually,WP:BIO sets the bar at "statewide office", not city-wide.wikipediatrix01:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

# Major local political figures who receive (or received) significant press coverage No, it basically demands mayors of highly important cities be kept.WilyD03:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say that due to the position of mayor, almost all mayors would get some significant local coverage. --Whpq03:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That may not be the case for the mayor ofIron Bridge, OntarioWilyD03:36, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom.wikipediatrix01:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Unlike the AFD above, she actually won the election. Good enough for me.Kirjtc202:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Municipal politicians are not notable perWP:BIO. TB is not even a big municipality: "According to the 2001 census, there were 109,016 people residing in Thunder Bay", 0.33% of the Canadian population.Ohconfucius03:55, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Regardless of population, Thunder Bay is the hub of activity for that region of Northern Ontario which is not as densely populated. --Whpq11:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Please read a little farther into the Thunder Bay article before make verifiably false statements.WilyD11:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for pointing out my very poorly worded comment. I didn't mean to say that Thunder Bay as sparsely populated. I meant to compare the population density of Norethern Ontaio, to Southern Ontario. The northern part of the provine is more sparsely populated than the southern part, and Thunder Bay represents a major population and activity centre for a large region. Using population unqualified asUser:Ohconfucius did doesn't properly represent the importance of the city. Once again, thatnks for pointing it out so I can properly express myself. --Whpq12:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom; unoriginal, but short and to the point.Angus McLellan(Talk)21:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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