Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gideon Donald


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The result was   redirect to New Statesman. Spartaz Humbug! 19:18, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Gideon Donald

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Not a real person, but a non-notable comic creation. Hence the almost complete lack of ghits. See The Feral Beast: Will the real Gideon please stand up, which explains the derivation of the name from George Gideon Oliver Osborne and David William Donald Cameron. William Avery (talk) 09:59, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The New Statesman has form in the area with Lynton Charles MP (as in Anthony Charles Lynton Blair). William Avery (talk) 11:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  —William Avery (talk) 10:35, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politician-related deletion discussions.  —William Avery (talk) 10:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to New Statesman. Hoax pseudonym or not, the only claim to notability is the columns in this magazine. If Gideon Donald stays (either in this article or within New Statesman), this biography must be rewritten so that it is not reported as fact, and the dispute in the Independent included. (Giedeon Donald's own columns most certainly can't be used as a reliable sources when this is disputed in other sources.) Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 10:58, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep sufficiently important hoax. Just needs to be rewritten.    DGG ( talk ) 14:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge if possible to New Statesman. -- &oelig; &trade; 02:15, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
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