Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malcolm McGoun


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The result was delete. No prejudice toward re-creation if something more notable turns up. Mackensen (talk) 23:54, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Malcolm McGoun

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Fails WP:BIO. ambassadors are not inherently notable. Nothing in gnews. And other coverage is merely one line mentions confirming he held the role. LibStar (talk) 15:38, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Diplomats can be notable if there's enough reliable source coverage of their careers as diplomats to get them over WP:GNG, but are not all granted an automatic presumption of notability because diplomat. If you have to park the sourcing entirely on press releases from the government's own foreign affairs office (primary sources that cannot support notability, because the foreign affairs department is the diplomat's employer), then you have not gotten them over the bar that distinguishes a notable diplomat from a non-notable one. Delete, without prejudice against recreation in the future if he can be sourced properly. Bearcat (talk) 19:18, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 17:21, 30 January 2016 (UTC) Delete nothing to support notability NealeFamily (talk) 00:42, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete A number of articles, , in both New Zealand papers and in papers in Vietnam and other countries where he has served that would allow accurate tracking of the postings he has had for what is probably - due to remote location and small population - the world's least significant first world economy. What I have not found are profiles or articles indicating that he played a notable role in a particular incident or negotiation. He sounds like a competent man who has had a reputable career.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:09, 2 February 2016 (UTC)


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