Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edwin Erickson (Alberta politician)


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The result was redirect to Alberta Party. Alternative to deletion. Liz Read! Talk! 21:51, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Edwin Erickson (Alberta politician)

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Poorly referenced WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as a former leader of a minor political party. While Wikipedia once had a rule that leaders of political parties were always "inherently" notable regardless of any sourceability problems, that's long since been deprecated -- now, a political party leader who was not personally a member of his or her party's elected legislative caucus for the purposes of passing WP:NPOL #1 is notable enough for a standalone article only if they can be shown to pass WP:GNG on their sourcing. But this is referenced entirely to primary sources, namely the party's own self-published website about itself and the government document tabulating the results of an election he didn't win, which are not support for notability at all. Bearcat (talk) 18:04, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Alberta. Bearcat (talk) 18:04, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per the very well reasoned argument of the nominator.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:34, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Could have a brief mention in the Alberta Party article; no sources found otherwise. Only one hit, confirming his election results. Oaktree b (talk) 19:08, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Alberta Party. Super minor party leaders have been decided by consensus to largely not be notable. This article is no exception. I would redirect this to the article for the party. Bkissin (talk) 17:39, 6 June 2022 (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.