Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim Karygiannis

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 02:07, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Jim_Karygiannis
Some government figure from Greece. Notability not established. Radiant! 09:27, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * From Greece, but a Canadian government figure. Together with John McKay, also VfD'd, this looks like someone is trying to write pages on either every Canadian MP, or just the ones for his area.  Like that one, this doesn't seem to say anything notably encyclopaedic about this fellow.  A cautious Delete.
 * OK, you've convinced me - you're right, elected parliamentarians are notable. Keep and cleanup - I'll try to remember to drop a note to whoever's making these things that we really would appreciate knowing what country he held all these positions in, though. TSP 01:11, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, vote changed as I noted it would be in struck out section by RickK's explanation. HyperZonk 16:03, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC) Also a weak delete. Are MPs encyclopedic in and of themselves? Perhaps when the Honorable Gentleman has been a minister himself, or at least the chairperson of one of the committees he sits on. Now, however, probably not quite ready for wikipedia. I will retract, however, if members of the US House of Representatives have been deemed to be encyclopedic without any other accomplishments. HyperZonk 17:08, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, entry-level pol. Keep, for now. Wyss 18:17, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. We've started getting articles on every US Member of Congress, past and present, and nobody has indicated that those are VfD-able.  I hate to think of having an article on every parliamentarian from every country in the world, but I don't see where we can draw the line.  RickK 20:38, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Members of national legislatures are probably notable.  This one is also a Parliamentary Secretary, which makes him a member of the Privy Council. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 21:20, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think it would be great if we had an article on every parlamentarian from every country in the world. Why shouldn't we? In my opinion an elected member of parliament is definitely notable. (Although the parallel has been used too many times on this page already, I must say I have a hard time seeing them lose a notability contest with Pokemon characters...) Furthermore, this particular one has held his post for 17 years. I have wikified the article and included a wikilink to the Canadian House of Commons and his electoral district. Alarm 21:23, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree with Alarm and others. / u p p l a n d 21:31, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Agree with Uppland who agrees with Alarm and others.  GRider\talk 22:21, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable Greek-Canadian parliamentary secretary. Megan1967 00:48, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Alarm said it best for me. – Beginning 02:16, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, what Alarm said. Kevintoronto 20:11, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep elected Members of Parliament. I note from the history that as of its original nomination, the article was poorly written and didn't make Karygiannis' notability very clear at all; I'd otherwise have to invoke "different rules for Canadians" yet again. Bearcat 00:21, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, obviously. CJCurrie 00:44, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Delete nominator - David Gerard 22:55, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Censoring people who disagree with you goes against the very idea of Wikipedia. Note that I didn't even vote to delete him, I merely put the matter up for discussion. Please be civil. Radiant! 12:21, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)

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