Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guy Savoie


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 14:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Guy Savoie

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Unsourced BLP of a person of marginal notability, either sources should be added or it should be deleted. RMHED (talk) 22:22, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep another member of the city council. Given the many election campaigns, probably sourceable. should have been tried before these nominations. DGG (talk) 23:36, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, without sources we can't know if there is any credible notability. --Scott MacDonald (talk) 00:49, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep we can verify he was a councilman for a major city. that's enough to keep.  Dloh  cierekim  01:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * keep There are a variety of sources behind paywalls. See for example this article. JoshuaZ (talk) 02:51, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Prominent regional politician who has received plenty of press coverage.  The article was written before it was standard practice for Wikipedia editors to add footnotes to biographical articles; the sources exist, and can be added now.  CJCurrie (talk) 03:25, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete the world is full of thousands of local councillors, and they are not notable for being one. I could produce references for my local councillors, with lots of local press attention and so on - but are they notable outside their area. No. Members of the Winipeg City Council are not notable.--UpDown (talk) 08:50, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * <> No, Updown, that's not what I'm saying. You are correct in saying being a local council member is not inherently notable. For instance, those of a small city like Largo, Florida are not. Those of Pinellas's largest city, St. Petersburg, are probably not. However, BIO says, "Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion, as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city." Winnepeg is Manitoba's largest city and provincial capital. It's one of Canada's ten largest cities and has a population of greater than 500,000. The city council members of such a city surely qualify. Cheers,  Dloh  cierekim  14:52, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say that Winipeg is a large enough city, or important enough worldwide, to pass the criteria. Cities like New York, London, Paris, maybe - Winnipeg no.--UpDown (talk) 07:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


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 * Keep. Councilman of a major city, nothing to suggest the article can't be improved using existing coverage.  Celarnor Talk to me  15:40, 2 November 2008 (UTC)


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