Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James O'Sullivan (Ireland)


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 21:06, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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He is a minor local politician, and so fails WP:Politician. He is an elected member of Greystones Town Council. In the Republic of Ireland, Town Councils are the second (or lower) level of local government, (County and City Councils being the first level). Greystones (pop. 17,080) has a council of 9 members. As a member of this lower level authority, he does not meet WP:Politician, neither has he received significant press coverage. There is some local press coverage that local politicians get but nothing nationally. His article mentions being elected at aged 19 and that he was the "youngest ever public representative ever to be elected in County Wicklow", but I don't believe that makes him notable per WP:N. Note: for national elections in Ireland, candidates must be aged 21 but local elections the age minimum age is 18. For those not familiar with Irish politics, note that the Irish Government is proposing to abolish all 80 Town Councils in the state in 2014. They are not being replaced rather, their functions are being "upmerged" to the relevant County Council. Snappy (talk) 21:08, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete fails WP:POLITICIAN - councillor? Shome Mishtake... Local politician lacking in major coverage  Ohconfucius  ping / poke 03:08, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Appears to be a local official only and most of the sources cited in the article point back to a campaign website.--Enos733 (talk) 23:08, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
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