Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antony Little (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Shimeru (talk) 08:57, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Antony Little
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Recreation of previously deleted page. All the concerns which led to the original page being deleted still apply. There are no third party sources which cover Little in any detail and his claim to fame seems to be being a local councillor in a small city and an unsuccessful election candidate. He therefore fails WP:POLITICIAN. Valenciano (talk) 14:06, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. as violation of WP:POLITICIAN. Claritas (talk) 14:09, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment Not sure it does fail, as a city council, Norwich falls I think wihtin the context of a province (its not govenerned by Norfolk council, but as a seperate entity) as such he may meet the criteria. Basicly it dep0ends oon how wiki defiines province.Slatersteven (talk) 16:04, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Based on Table of administrative divisions by country, Norwich is a third level authority: first level would be the equivalent of US state and in terms of England, the provincial equivalent would be the Regions of England, only one of which (London) has its own council. Numerous previous AFDs have judged that local councillors on smaller cities don't meet the criteria and for good reason - if we set the bar that low we'd have millions of articles to deal with. Valenciano (talk) 16:58, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Except that the regions have no elected assembly. The equvalent to a US state in terms of elected representives are the counties, unless you are saying that the next level of elected representation does not count?Slatersteven (talk) 17:21, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The regions of England are clearly the equivalent of a province. In the absence of an assembly covering those regions then yes, the next level of government doesn't by default become a province. Otherwise that would lead to the nonsensical situation that in the future if an East of England Assembly was set up, councillors would then cease to be notable. As notability is not temporary that would be against policy. Valenciano (talk) 17:43, 9 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Kittybrewster  &#9742;  20:01, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Arguments over whether Norwich Council should count as a province is a red herring - what was really ought to consider is how significant the city councillors are - and compared to members of the Scottish or Welsh Assemblies, the Greater London Assembly or US State legislatures, there's no contest. I did find an article that he was the subject of in the Guardian, but that seems to be part of blanket coverage of all Parliamentary candidates. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 17:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete -- I am not sure whether Norwich is a unitary or district council, but whichever it is its councillors are NN. As a Parliamentary candidate who was not elected, he is also NN.  Summary NN: comclusion delete.  Arguments based on the American (or Canadian) system are inappropriate.  When we had regional assemblies, they were indirectly elected joint bodies between councils, with no legislative powers and membership did not confer notability.  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:11, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clearly fails WP:POLITICIAN. Bondegezou (talk) 09:30, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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