Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jean-Pierre Smith (politician)


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The result was speedy keep per WP:SK. Nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete !votes. (non-admin closure) NorthAmerica1000 03:14, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Jean-Pierre Smith (politician)

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fails WP:GNG, just a local council member. No alderman or more important jobs. The Banner talk 22:10, 9 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment: he is in fact an alderman and he is the mayoral committee member responsible for safety & security (see here). The mayoral committee is like the local-government equivalent of a cabinet. - htonl (talk) 22:52, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:29, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:30, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making that clarification htonl. I should have included that he is an alderman and has been in charge of the Safety and Security portfolio for the City of Cape Town for the past five years.  A city that has almost the same population as the Irish Republic. However I did want to be broadly veige as he is about to change profolios.  However it seems certain that he will remain an alderman and head of a large and important portfolio (Housing). --Discott (talk) 08:26, 10 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Strong against: This article passes WP:GNG and I fail to see how it fails it. He has been significantly featured in numerous reliable verifiable second source sources that are independent of the person in question; most of which are city wide or national level news sources, and even one international news source. He features prominently in local news, welds significant power and is clearly a person of interest to the people of Cape Town. Indeed one need only look that the references already included in the original article to find three such sources which I have listed below:
 * JP Smith is no longer ‘sheriff’, Cape Argus, by Anél Lewis - This article is excursively written about the person.
 * Barking mad laws keep pet owners on a tight leash, Mail & Guardian, by Sean O'Tool - Again this article is written almost exclusively about JP Smith but in the context of a very controversial city by-law that made it into the national press. The Mail and Guardian is a national newspaper in South Africa.
 * Don't mess with Cape Town's own Dirty Harry, Times Live, by Rowan Philp - Again from the digital version of a national newspaper that is exclusively about JP Smith.


 * Here are some less usable (for the article) but just as notable and sometimes humerus articles on JP Smith from similar sources:
 * Cosatu WCape calls for JP Smith's head!!!, press statement by COSATU, South Africa's largest (and a very powerful) trade union.
 * JP Smith should be axed (II) - COSATU WCape, COSATU Press statement.
 * Ehrenreich hits back at sex insults, Daily Voice


 * --Discott (talk) 08:24, 10 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Now my arguments are wiped out, I have no choice than to withdraw the nomination (as nominator) The Banner talk 12:34, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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