Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emily Benn (2nd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   no consensus. Arguments seem to be split equally in three directions – retention, deletion, and merging. My suggestion is to continue discussion on a possible merge locally and try build consensus there. –MuZemike 22:36, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Emily Benn
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Not notable. Unsuccesful parliamentary candidate. Fails WP:POLITICIAN Kittybrewster   &#9742;  21:41, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Her campaign received plenty of national coverage due to her being one of the youngest candidates in the history of Great Britain and her famous family. She has a reasonably high profile and appears to be a favorite daughter of the Labour Party; she'll almost certainly keep on running until she wins a seat in Parliament.Minnowtaur (talk) 04:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable as a 5th generation member of an outstanding political dynasty. Lots of sources which establish notability.  Colonel Warden (talk) 21:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete, going to agree that she fails WP:POLITICIAN and it's also a WP:ONEEVENT case. The sole reason that she's getting this coverage is because she's related to Tony Benn.  Apart from her quixotic attempt to capture a strongly Tory seat at an election where Labour was always going to get a pasting, there's zero notability or coverage.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 03:28, 27 June 2010 (UTC).
 * The only coverage she has received has been since September 2007 in relation to standing for Parliament. Listing her GCSEs and A-levels is quite an indication of padding. Selective merge to East Worthing and Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency); she's already mentioned in one line in Tony Benn. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:05, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge to East Worthing and Shoreham. All of the refs simply establish that she was a parliamentary candidate - and she failed in that thus missing the notability threshold for politicians. The rest establish that she's related to someone famous which again is not notable. Valenciano (talk) 18:24, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Failed candidate = NN; granddaughter of Tony Benn = NN - notability is not inherited. Summary NN.  Also delete the paragraph on her for the constituency article.  If there is an article on the youngest MPs/candidates, someting might be merged there, but I hav not looked for it.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:07, 4 July 2010 (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.