Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Smith (British politician)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   redirect to Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency). Both nominator and article creator agree with the redirect, so there's not much point in keeping this open. (non-admin closure) ansh666 18:54, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Jeff Smith (British politician)

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Fails WP:NPOL. Three citations are given: one is not independent of the subject, and the other two are not primarily about Jeff Smith. See also background discussion relevant to this article at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom and associated AfDs: Articles for deletion/Adrian Heald, Articles for deletion/Alex Sobel and Articles for deletion/Karin Smyth. Bondegezou (talk) 11:57, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  12:11, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  12:11, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I've turned it into a redirect page. I suspect there is more material about him, but its difficult to google people called Jeff Smith.  He is very likely to be elected, and I will return to this then.Rathfelder (talk) 12:14, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I've reverted. This shouldn't be done until the AfD is resolved. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:59, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * If the creator of the article is willing to redirect instead of fighting for it, then that's perfectly okay and the discussion can be closed. Especially since the nominator also indicates a willingness to accept that solution. Bearcat (talk) 22:02, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The creator of the article and the only editor to add any real content to it (User:Rathfelder) is happy to re-direct to the relevant constituency page. That seems sensible to me (the AfD nominator). Is not some sort of speedy re-direct in order now? Bondegezou (talk) 15:33, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm quite happy with that. Rathfelder (talk) 15:39, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect per Rathfelder. For the record, Manchester is a large and internationally famous enough city that a person who has served on its city council could pass WP:NPOL if you could write and source something genuinely substantive about their council career, but redirecting is probably the appropriate solution for the article in its current state. The candidacy doesn't get him over NPOL by itself, as usual, but he'll certainly qualify for an article if he wins election to Parliament. Bearcat (talk) 22:02, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - being a candidate is not notable and we should not preload wikipedia with a redirect just in case they become notable. MilborneOne (talk) 12:36, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment As per above discussion, I have restored Rathfelder's edit turning the article into a re-direct. I'm uncertain of the AfD rules around this, but it seems the most sensible resolution. Bondegezou (talk) 15:57, 28 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm very happy with that.Rathfelder (talk) 17:37, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.