Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Nuttall (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. KTC (talk) 20:36, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Alex Nuttall
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Ward councilor doesn't meet the notability criteria (Note: This appears to be a different guy to the first AfD, so I didn't speedy as recreeation of an AfDed article)  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  09:57, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:13, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 6 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - TP 03:06, 14 November 2013 (UTC)


 * As a rule, for a city councillor to pass WP:POLITICIAN he or she has to serve in a city on the order of Toronto or Montreal (population in the millions, international "world city" fame, etc.) — a councillor in a place the size of Barrie just doesn't clear the bar. Additionally, the writing tone here is really promotional and résumé-like ("has been instrumental in moving the City of Barrie forward" has become one of my new favourite achievements in content-free biographical feelgoodism), so while I can't actually prove anything it's really pinging my WP:COI radar. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 08:29, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete As Bearcat points out, we do not normally have articles for ward councillors. Indeed, recent precedent is that the most prominent politicians in local government areas with a population of a few hundred thousand or fewer struggle to pass unless they have come to national attention. Mr Nuttall has worked hard at giving himself an internet presence, but the only thing that stands out otherwise is a controversy over his attempts to get himself selected as a candidate for the Ontario elections and that was a local matter. --AJHingston (talk) 11:20, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete It's suspicious taht the article doesn't mention claims Nuttall rigged an election. However regardless of POV issues, he doesn't seem to meet WP:GNG. One of the article links (to cottagecountrynow.ca) doesn't work for me and the simcoe.com link is a brief mention, so we're limited to coverage in the Barrie Examiner, which is only a single source and hardly the New York Times. Local councillors get routine coverage in local media; that doesn't make them notable. --Colapeninsula (talk) 17:56, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
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