Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Humphreys (economist)


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The result was redirect to Liberal Democratic Party (Australia). --BDD (talk) 21:30, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

John Humphreys (economist)

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fails WP:PROF, WP:BIO and WP:POLITICIAN. yes he founded a political party but it is a very minor party, the best the party has done has had one candidate elected to local government. he doesn't meet WP:POLITICAN though. "political activist" what does that mean? and he was removed as a candidate for Liberal National Party so gets coverage for that. he doesn't meet any notability for being an economist (his economics achievements are unremarkable) either so the article name is a bit misleading. LibStar (talk) 23:55, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete Major issues w/ independent coverage, the one source which covers his removal by the national party indicates that he's unlikely to meet notability as a politician soon, & the fact that he's still a PhD student indicates he wont make academic notability for awhile either.Boogerpatrol (talk) 15:47, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak keep – Located some independent coverage: Australian, ABC?, Sydney Morning Herald. A little surprised not to find more. groupuscule (talk) 04:17, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * not indepth coverage:


 * The Australian this is just a 2 line mention quoting an opinion by him
 * ABC story this article is merely talking as a representative of his party, and is not coverage about him
 * Sydney Morning Herald merely commenting in media about party position, not coverage about him as a person. LibStar (talk) 06:44, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. Significant figure in libertarian politics in Australia, LNP political candidacy was a minor aspect. This bizarre habit of a couple of users of nominating anyone who's ever run for and lost an election in Australia for deletion needs to end. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 13:04, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Having run for and lost election anywhere in the world almost never makes people notable. See WP:POLITICIAN. --Randykitty (talk) 13:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
 * agree totally with Randykitty, there is no notability guideline which grants automatic notability for unsuccessful candidates. for every 1 successful candidate in any election there are at least 5-10 unsuccessful candidates. LibStar (talk) 00:40, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
 * "Significant figure in libertarian politics in Australia" is not a criterion for notability. there are a few media comments but very little coverage on him as a person, ie his career, education, achievements (besides founding a very minor party). LibStar (talk) 00:48, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect as the reasonable solution to Liberal Democratic Party (Australia). no reason given why the redirect would not be appropriate.  DGG ( talk ) 04:33, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Most reasonable course of action at this point. We can respawn Humphreys if he becomes independently notable someday. groupuscule (talk) 15:53, 9 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L Faraone  01:51, 9 July 2013 (UTC)


 *  Delete, no indication of notability. Redirect per DGG is also acceptable, of course. --Randykitty (talk) 12:26, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect per DGG. Party leader. Enos733 (talk) 15:47, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
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