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This subject fails WP:NPOL as a local elected official; local mayors must meet WP:GNG, which is also not met. The sources are all trivial and passing mentions: [1] (a more accessible version of the Graves source), [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. No reliable source is provided for Schenck's dates/places of birth and death but they appear to be generated from Find a Grave (with the wrong month/date order in the infobox), which is a WP:USERGENERATED source. My WP:BEFORE search turned up no WP:SIGCOV for the necessary GNG pass. Draftification was contested, so here we are at AfD. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:48, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Law, and Texas. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:48, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The Death Certificate was used to source the Birth/Death dates, I have included that as a reference (please fix my citation if formatted incorrectly), I have also fixed the formatting of the dates in the infobox. Thief-River-Faller (talk) 12:51, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  That death certificate is a primary source via WP:FAMILYSEARCH. It certainly can't contribute to the notability of the subject. Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:37, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I never claimed it contributed notability, you claimed my information came from Find a grave, it is from the official death certificate. Thief-River-Faller (talk) 17:12, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Right, an online search for those dates did not turn up privately accessed documents on Family Search, only Findagrave. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:28, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Here is a link to the certificate on Family Search just for reference: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9Y1M-3T4N?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK394-7YM&action=view&cc=1983324&lang=en&groupId=TH-1942-25170-55505-85 Thief-River-Faller (talk) 18:29, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]