Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Kiely (Mayor of Limerick)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 02:14, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Kevin Kiely (Mayor of Limerick)

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Non notable local politician. Recently made a remark to deport jobless foreigners from Ireland and received national coverage as a result, falls under WP:1E Snappy (talk) 12:34, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions.  —Snappy (talk) 12:35, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  —Snappy (talk) 12:36, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep'. By Irish standards, he is notable and more than a purely local politician. Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and he would have been notable without his recent thoughtless comments. - Eastmain (talk) 14:14, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Satisfies WP:notability for politicians ("Generally speaking, mayors are likely to meet this criterion, as are members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city.") Emeraude (talk) 14:31, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable enough as mayor of well-known, sizeable (relative to nation) city. 71.235.38.171 (talk) 19:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Since when do anon IPs get to vote in AFDs? I trying to assume good faith but it seems a bit suspicious. Also, the anon IP has a suspected sockpuppet tag on it. Snappy (talk) 19:34, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Since 2005. As for the sockpuppet tag no idea&mdash;it was added a few months ago, both tagger & alleged-'sockmaster' still edit. –Whitehorse1 23:23, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Article clearly satisfies WP:POLITICIAN. Mayor of one of the 5 cities in the Republic of Ireland is notable. The office is historic (he is the 813th Mayor of Limerick). All facts are referenced. I am the main author of this article MoyrossLADY (talk) 01:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Mayors in Ireland are not actually very notable. Unlike say USA and France where Mayors are directly to office for a term of office, in Ireland the county or city council is elected every 5 years, and every years, its buggins turn for a year as Mayor. Which ever parties have a majority form an alliance, and one of their lot becomes Mayor for a year. Mayors in Ireland have no more power than any other of the councillors, for their year of office, they simply get more local publicity than the other councils as they turn up at every event and funeral in the locality. As they are not directly elected to office and usually only last a year, their recognition rate among the general public is usually very low. The office of Mayor is Ireland is notable, the occupants are not! Snappy (talk) 18:33, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
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