Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashbygate


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. L Faraone  01:15, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Ashbygate

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"Ashbygate" is not used in any mainstream news report. This event is covered, with reliable sources, in Peter Slipper --Pete (talk) 10:25, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Peter Slipper where it is covered adequately. It's not really appropriate to have a separate article about allegations that were subsequently disproved in court, especially as there doesn't seem to be very much to say about them. The question of whether to redirect or delete is more complex: there's a shortage of reliable sources for the name "Ashbygate" but it's widely used in more informal and fringe media, and its connection with James Ashby is obvious for anyone familiar with the morphology of the -gate suffix. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:07, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * As James Ashby is not considered notable, then why should Ashbygate? The only notability is through Peter Slipper. Redirection to the appropriate section of the article is the best course, I think, because otherwise we could wind up with contradictory versions of the same story, depending on which editors concern themselves. --Pete (talk) 22:17, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:04, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:05, 16 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment, I'm not wild about the article title, but shouldn't we have an article on the whole Slipper/Ashby affair? It was certainly a major political scandal that caused the demise of the Speaker of the HOR and seriously threatened the stability of the government.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 09:32, 18 May 2013 (UTC).
 * Delete, there doesn't appear to be many sources that use the title Ashbygate. As an other has stated, the subject of the article is better covered in the Peter Slipper article, but the search term Ashbygate does not appear to be one that will be widely used.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 21:30, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Peter Slipper. Unlike the somewhat similar Craig Thomson affair dispute, this one seems fairly straightforward: since only one person of any note, Slipper, is involved, it should be covered in his article. I take Lankiveil's point that it was a major scandal, but I'm not sure that there was enough in it to justify an entirely separate article from Slipper. Frickeg (talk) 01:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Mal Brough? Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:06, 21 May 2013 (UTC).
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.