Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Ashley-Hacker


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Clear consensus to delete now, but this should be undeleted should he be elected. Kevin (talk) 01:48, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Mark Ashley-Hacker

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Prospective parliamentary candidate falls below our notability threshold. Do his other activities make him notable? &mdash; RHaworth 17:17, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

He is campaigning for selection as a prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in the UK. What is wikipedia's policy on people using its pages for election material?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.27.45 (talk • contribs) 18:11, 28 October 2009  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Black Kite 19:52, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete - An unreferenced BLP for a candidate fails WP:POLITICIAN as well as WP:V... - Adolphus79 (talk) 20:12, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. His other activities don't add up to notability, in my view. "Youngest magistrate in the country" is tempting, but I don't think it's enough. -- Eastmain (talk) 20:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  --  Eastmain (talk) 20:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  --  Eastmain (talk) 20:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Gets WP:RS coverage only from running for office. • Gene93k (talk) 20:26, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete for failure to meet WP:N and WP:POLITICIAN. Eddie.willers (talk) 20:52, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. To answer 86.151.27.45's question, using Wikipedia for any kind of campaigning is frowned upon very strongly. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 21:34, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep but as Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (presumably already selected) for Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency), which is a safe Conservative seat, we are almost certainly going to need an article immediately after the next general election. If so, it may be better to keep this article for now and review the position after the election.  I note that his neame does not yet appear in the Constituency article, something that should be rectified if some one can find a WP:RS on this.  I fear that we will get a lot of articles like this in the next nine months in the run up to the General Election.  It may be better to keep them and then do a mass cull of articles on NN failed candidates afterwards.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:12, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I would change my vote to a keep if this was combined with substantial media coverage elsewhere (as I have done in one other case). However, the coverage of this candidate in Ghit is tiny. However, I'd be quite happy to userfy this in readiness for the quite likely case that he does become an MP. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 10:59, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
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