Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damian Collins


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 08:56, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Damian Collins

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One of many articles that has crept into Wikipedia on British prospective parliamentary candidates. WP:POLITICIAN does not attribute notability to candidates. In this case there is mention in a couple of national publications which may assert notability, but it's not clear cut - the articles are about a number of people. Bringing forward for discussion. I42 (talk) 18:48, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  20:51, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete it. If he really is one of the 50 people to watch in public life, then significant coverage in third party reliable sources will, doubtless, appear, and at that time he'll be eligible for a Wikipedia article.  But what we have is not significant coverage; it's passing mentions of his name. British politicians are quite alive to the value of Wikipedia as a promotional tool, so I think we need to be quite active in paring back material about British politicians where there isn't real evidence of notability.— S Marshall   Talk / Cont  23:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - a little coverage shows that he is being well-publicised by the Conservative Party, but he's not received coverage for doing anything, for the obvious reason that, as yet, he's not done anything particularly notable. Warofdreams talk 02:00, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


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