Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel M. Thomas

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Biography of a politician, not properly sourced as passing WP:NPOL. The attempted notability claim here is that he served on a county board of supervisors, which is not an "inherently" notable role -- it's a local office that has to satisfy NPOL #2, where the notability test is contingent on the amount of substance that can be written about his political impact, and the amount of sourcing that can be shown to support it. But this is literally just "he is a person who existed, the end", and is completely unsourced. Bearcat (talk) 21:29, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and California. Bearcat (talk) 21:29, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
• Comment: I would suspect that the second Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is more historically significant as a body than many later iterations of the same, and wonder if perhaps sources can be found for this subject. I immediately wonder if he is the same person as the Daniel M. Thomas who was [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-placer-herald-san-bernardino-electio/146182681/ elected as the first County Judge of San Bernardino County]. BD2412 T 22:19, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
• Comment It is the same person. He was [https://books.google.com/books?id=ibEwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA210&dq=Daniel+M.+Thomas+los+angeles+1853&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-mbnLruOFAxVQMjQIHXG_C1kQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=Daniel%20M.%20Thomas%20los%20angeles%201853&f=false a Mormon political activist who advocated for San Bernardino County to be split off from Los Angeles County]. Cullen328 (talk) 22:47, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
• Indeed. See also [https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/lac/112545_dmthomas.pdf the county record]. I would lean to keep on the strength of these points. BD2412 T 22:59, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
• Yep, that's a lot better. Consider this withdrawn. Bearcat (talk) 02:05, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

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