Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Declan McDonnell


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The result was   no consensus.  Sandstein  05:58, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Declan McDonnell

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Non-notable person. Clearly does not meet WP:POLITICIAN. Being mayor of an Irish city is a largely ceremonial post, held by a councillor for a one-year term. It does not make McDonnell notable. Lincolnite (talk) 18:53, 30 March 2011 (UTC)


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 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:39, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep It seems like the sources are good enough for me. I don't see how Irish mayors are an exemption from WP:POLITICIAN or WP:GNG. Being Queen of England is also a "largely ceremonial post" that is why we don't have "ceremonial post" as a Wikipedia exclusion rule. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 21:27, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - per WP:POLITICIAN.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:07, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - While I suppose he is comparatively less notable then a lot of other politicians out there, he did hold an important post albeit ceremonial. I agree with Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ). The article is well sourced as well. Sugar-Baby-Love (talk) 17:42, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - as above - because our mayors are not democratically elected as mayors but merely appointed by their fellow councillors for a year, effectively as a chairperson of the council. They have no special executive powers. Local councillors are not important enough for wikipedia.Red Hurley (talk) 06:58, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per Hurley. HHaeyyn89 (talk) 22:00, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The reliable and verifiable sources provided in the article demonstrate that the subject pass the notability guideline. Alansohn (talk) 04:08, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
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