Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lawrence Rustem


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 06:00, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Lawrence Rustem

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Per WP:POLITICIAN as Rustem has not been elected to an international, national or provincial legislature or office. There are some in-depth pieces in national sources such as here but I don't see enough to pass the second option on WP:POLITICIAN of a local figure with wide national coverage. Being ethnically Turkish in a white nationalist party is certainly interesting, as is being given a job of liaison between that party and minority communities, but I don't see many sources taking major interest. There are a few passing mentions in books about British fascism or documentaries but it doesn't look like enough for me. Anarcho-authoritarian (talk) 22:29, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep It is wrong to judge this purely on the basis of "politician". On that basis, we would be deleting just about every article on leaders of British fascism, none of who has been elected (other than Brons and Griffin as BNP MEPs). Rustem is (or was) a key member of the BNP leadership, hence his coverage in so many sources, and his ethnicity was frequently used by the party. Emeraude (talk) 10:24, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Where are these sources when over half of the references are either election results or from the BNP itself? If he was a subject of public interest wouldn't his suspension be covered by a third party and not just a BNP faction website? Anarcho-authoritarian (talk) 00:40, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Also, the second half of WP:POLITICIAN is relevant here because that is about the notability of people who don't qualify for the first. People like Tyndall and Golding meet its criteria for "significant press coverage", I have not seen enough evidence that Rustem does. Anarcho-authoritarian (talk) 00:48, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:NPOL, and has not received significant press coverage/does not otherwise pass WP:GNG. No non-primary source in the article significantly covers him. SportingFlyer  talk  05:36, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per - he is an "also ran". Bearian (talk) 00:52, 12 September 2018 (UTC)


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