Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mayor of Galway

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The result of the debate was keep. sjorford →•← 13:48, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Mayor of Galway

Galway (Ireland) has had a number of mayors since 1484, two of which are listed here. Attempted stub-list of historic trivia. Radiant! 10:22, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC) Withdrawn. Radiant! 10:11, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, good stub to complete, everybody can be interested one day or the other in mayors of Galway. --Pgreenfinch 11:09, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep mayors. Kappa 14:23, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep: there are articles on mayors of other cities, and this information is notable and verfiable. Let this article develop. Kevintoronto 14:58, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Does not meet basic deletion criteria.--Gene_poole 22:51, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Barest stub now, but eminently encyclopaedic and does not meet criteria - David Gerard 00:48, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. This is a stub, but stubs are not automatically deletion candidates. Many other cities have a list of mayors article; often this has a "List of Mayors of X" title when there is nothing special to say, but "Mayor of X" articles also exist when some information about the office itself and its changing nature in history might need to be mentioned, which seems to be the case here. The current population of Galway is certainly quite small, but the city does have a historical significance considerably greater than its current small population would indicate. The article on the city itself is moderately large, and a mayor or list of mayors article is certainly warranted. -- Curps 04:22, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Seems to be a reasonably notable position and allows us to outline history. Capitalistroadster 09:54, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. This can easily be expanded, and it is likely it will be at some stage. The city and her mayors have had quite a long history. In fact, there is an entire book on the subject: "Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway 1485-2001", William Henry, 2002. zoney ♣ talk 00:44, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, agree with Zoney, like to see some one with knowledge on the subject expand it. --User:Boothy443 | comhrÚ 06:32, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Procedural query Is it the done thing in such cases (VfD nomination withdrawn) to remove the VfD notice on the page concerned? I'd have thought it was preferable for appearance's sakes, but do we need to wait for an admin to declare the vote closed and archive? Alai 06:33, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep not a high standard article but has potential to become something. Djegan 16:03, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi, its Fergananim here. I'm the guy that started all the fuss by attempting to write all this. Thank you all for your keep votes. I cannot always write the likes of this up as often as I would like due to sometimes severe health problems. So, patience please. I promise I will make it, and others likes it, well worth the wait. But by all means, please add comments, critisism and/or advice as and when you each see fit. Thanks again. Fergananim

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