Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Electoral history of Nick Griffin


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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 13:05, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Electoral history of Nick Griffin

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I don't really see the point of this page. The article on Nick Griffin includes a section with an entry for all of the elections he has contested. Each of these entries links to the relevant constituency/election in which he participated, from which the tables of results have been lifted wholesale to appear in this article. Smacks of repetition for no apparent use. Emeraude (talk) 12:43, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete The point seems to be to rub in the fact that he has never done well in an election, which is already made clear in his own article.Kitfoxxe (talk) 15:52, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think the point is more to show what a fine electioneering man he is, which is very far from clear! Emeraude (talk) 08:09, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep. These articles are common and serve an important purpose of placing the electoral history in a concise way. He did win election once for the European Parliament anyway. AusLondonder (talk) 00:43, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. No, they are not common at all. Neither is it concise - the elections contested table on his article is concise. So he won an election. So what? He lost nine others. Emeraude (talk) 13:51, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * While these "electoral history of..." articles are not entirely unheard of, they are not nearly as common as AusLondoner claims — they exist only for a very rarefied tier of elite political figures, such as presidents and prime ministers, whose articles are extremely long and need the spinoffs for size management purposes. They do not exist for most legislators, leaders of fringe parties, or other "lesser" figures — for the vast majority of politicians, their electoral history is maintained in the biographical article itself and not in a separate spinoff, and Griffin is not a major enough figure (nor is his BLP so very massive) to earn the special treatment. Delete and/or redirect to Nick Griffin. Bearcat (talk) 15:47, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 19:41, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete/merge - while there is a Category:Electoral history of British politicians, I agree it should be reserved for prime ministers and not just party leaders.  —Мандичка YO 😜 21:12, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, no need to merge. Not successful or important enough to merit a separate results article. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:49, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
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