Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Butler (Irish politician)


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 11:17, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Butler (Irish politician)

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Last week I’d proposed this article for deletion. In the time since, some attempt has been made to demonstrate notability. However, I’d argue that he still fails notability under WP:POLITICIAN. The references added show no more than would be the case for anyone who happened to by mayor or cathaoirleach of a council (local coverage of their election, welcoming reports, expressing condolences), but none of which amounts to WP:SIGCOV of the individual themselves. A WP:BEFORE search of "Daniel Butler Limerick" returned only similar information. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 11:31, 29 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, WP:NPOL and WP:SIGCOV. Or, failing that, redirect to Mayor of Limerick (as an AtD). In terms of NPOL, the role of chair/mayor of Limerick council isn't an "international, national, or (for countries with federal or similar systems of government) state/province–wide office". In terms of SIGCOV, the only sources in the article (and seemingly available) represent the same type of coverage that we might expect for ANY local councillor or political candidate. The sources and coverage, for example, which were added alongside the dePROD, are either the very definition of trivial passing mentions or mentions in coverage of activities (like opening books of condolence) that anyone in the same job would have undertaken (ie: coverage relevant to the role rather than the biographical subject). Except for the fact that this subject is a candidate for the planned/upcoming 2024 Limerick mayoral election, there is nothing material to differentiate the subject from other councillors/candidates. Neither role affording inherent notability (and candidates for office also not being inherently notable).... Guliolopez (talk) 12:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment I've not sure how necessary it is to consider ATD here. The article was published relatively recently, so I doubt there are many external links pointing here. I don't think we'd consider redirects for all the other mayors of Limerick who don't have articles. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 17:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, fails WP:NPOL. A local politician who gets the usual mentions in the local news. Spleodrach (talk) 12:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Ireland. Owen&times;  &#9742;  13:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete it is the third-most populous region in Ireland, so I think it would be easier to show he has outsize influence for his role, but that is not the case yet here. SportingFlyer  T · C  04:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * CU note The article's author, and one of the main contributors, are both socks of the blocked user . Girth Summit  (blether)  12:43, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NPOL, lacks otherwise significant coverage in secondary sources. Also per WP:BANREVERT as created by sock of blocked user. AusLondonder (talk) 13:25, 30 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and Auslondoner Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 10:16, 2 May 2024 (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.