Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Brown (Ottawa politician)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) &mdash;  Yash! (Y) 04:24, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

George Brown (Ottawa politician)

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Lack of notability. Ottawa City Council does not imply notability,and he hasn't been elected to Parliament  yet.  DGG ( talk ) 22:53, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - does not meet WP:POLITICIAN criteria.--Rpclod (talk) 00:15, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Ottawa city councillors have been deemed notable in the past. It is an internationally known city as it is the capital of a G8 country. -- Earl Andrew - talk 02:51, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Delete per WP:POLITICIAN. To pass, a municipal-level politician would have to get significatn media coverage, but all I can find for Brown is routine, election-related coverage.  Of course, his is a very common name. If there is coverage out there and someone finds, it, I am willing to reconsider.  It would take stuff like profiles in major publications, or articles about his political leadership on some major issue.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:56, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * His career on council was pre-internet, so of course you're not going to find major publications doing a basic Google search. Looks like Bearcat did find a lot of good sources from the Ottawa Citizen though. -- Earl Andrew - talk 02:30, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * While it's true that serving on a city council is not generally accepted as a notability claim in most cities, it is accepted as a notability claim, fully satisfying WP:NPOL, if the city is an internationally famous global city such as Toronto, New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco or London. And that class of cities does include Ottawa — whenever deletion has been attempted in the past on an Ottawa city councillor, consensus has always landed at a keep. The sourcing here definitely needed improvement over where it was at the time of nomination — but I've reffed it up significantly via ProQuest, further improvement is still possible (I added maybe 15 per cent of what I could have), and the basic notability claim is sufficient under both WP:NPOL and WP:POLOUTCOMES. Keep. Bearcat (talk) 13:37, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:11, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per Earl Andrew and Bearcat. Councillors in a capital city of 900,000 by all means will "have received significant press coverage" to satisfy WP:POLITICIAN. Hwy43 (talk) 05:09, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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