Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Parsley


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The result was   delete. Flowerparty ☀ 00:49, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Ian Parsley

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Vanity article created by unsuccessful election candidate. Besides the obvious conflict of interest, the subject has not held any national or regional office and therefore fails WP:POLITICIAN. Coverage in reliable third party sources appears to be lacking. This is as close as it gets and as the BBC has, for reasons of fairness, profiled all candidates (there were only seven of them in Northern Ireland) it doesn't cut it as can be seen from the fact that the non-notable green candidate gets a similar candidate profile. Per countless previous discussions, just being a candidate is not in itself notable. Valenciano (talk) 18:46, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, almost tempted to Keep for the sheer name alone. However, he failed to get elected and therefore fails WP:POLITICIAN.--Vintagekits (talk) 18:55, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, as the current deputy mayor he will be mayor of North Down next year. To be selected as the Alliance Party candidate for the whole of Northern Ireland he must be regarded as an up and coming prospect and likely to an MLA after the next assembly election.  A quick look back through the Google news archive shows he was chair of Young Alliance in 2004 and director of the Ulster-Scots Academy in 2001.--Cavrdg (talk) 19:35, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Mayor of a council covering 75,000 people is not in itself notable as this previous deletion debate on a former North Down Mayor shows and indeed the only other North Down Mayors who have articles are those who have been elected to regional assemblies. "Up and coming prospect" is covered by WP:NOTCRYSTAL - if he is elected MLA in future we can recreate the article then. Valenciano (talk) 20:00, 8 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 23:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Northern Ireland-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 23:48, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
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 * Delete Not notable. I confirm what Vintagekits said: we can have an article after subject is notable per WP:POLITICIAN. Johnuniq (talk) 03:37, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - while he has attracted a reasonable number of mentions in the press, only the BBC article seems to cover him in any detail. None of the roles he has held is sufficient evidence of notability on its own.  Combined, he's clearly an important figure in the Alliance Party, but I'm not convinced that it really adds up to sufficient notability for an article, at present.  It seems entirely plausible that he will assume a position which does convey notability (MLA or one of the key posts in the Alliance), but we're not a crystal ball, and can easily re-create an article if that happens. Warofdreams talk 12:06, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable politician. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:11, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete no reliable independnet sources about the subject of a blp and that might establish him as notable, as is manifestly the case here, means no blp.Bali ultimate (talk) 15:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete This does indeed seem like a vanity article or an article started as a joke (look at the first three contributions). The subject is not notable. I do note that Parsley ran in the European election.  The second lowest number of votes (5.5%)and a first round elimination. (From [BBC News]). Wikipeterproject (talk) 20:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is no notability gained from his role as a local politician. Similarly, failing in a wider election is not a sign of notability. Nuttah (talk) 22:20, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable. And the internal bun fights in the Alliance Party should serve to keep him out of the Assembly.Traditional unionist (talk) 09:35, 15 June 2009 (UTC)


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