Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arnold Jacobi

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 01:04, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Arnold Jacobi

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Fails notability guidelines. Short and I couldn't find much information with a search online. Eyebeller (talk) 23:40, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. He was one of eight Jews listed as living in Los Angeles in the first U.S. census of 1850. He was a pioneer and also a City Council member. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 23:49, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:51, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:51, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Being a member of a city council is not a default sign of notability. The US census is a primary source, we do not use primary sources. Plus, the US census does not record religion so the claim that "Jacobi was one of eight Jews listed as living in Los Angeles in the 1850 census" is just plain false.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:40, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As of 1850, LA only had ~8000 people. Most councilmembers today are probably notable, but I don't think you can say the same thing about councilmembers for a smallish town. I did a search in Google Books and newspapers.com and came up with basically nothing. Don't know if there are better places to look, but I'm leaning delete. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:56, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Joe (talk) 09:43, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Would support a merge to an article about early Jewish immigration to the region. Other than that, he ran a business, played violin... Meh. Oaktree b (talk) 16:54, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:49, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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