Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Barnsley (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 04:03, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Mark Barnsley
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Although the first AfD's consensus was keep because of the links but I see nothing else significant and notable about him and at best, it was incidental coverage and nothing to suggest further improvement and solid independent notability (better mentioned elsewhere) and there's nothing more to say it seems; the best results my searches found were this and this and searches at BBC, The Guardian and The Telegraph found nothing. Notifying the only still active user. SwisterTwister  talk  05:28, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lacks WP:IS and thus falls under WP:Notability_(people). --Holdek (talk) 06:15, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  07:23, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  07:23, 23 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Grudging delete without prejudice towards recreation. The sources undoubtedly exist to demonstrate notability—Barnsley was quite a significant figure in hardline circles, with a fair few notable people organising or attending "Free Mark Barnsley" events—but he's a niche enough topic that he doesn't justify the effort it would take to dig out sources. "Without prejudice" as someone may come along and write a non-stub article one day. (Lack of coverage in the Guardian and Telegraph means nothing in this context; this was the pre-Iraq era when the Guardian would never print anything that showed Blair in a less-than-saintly light, while wouldn't expect the Telegraph to mention that people like this even exist, let alone report on their activities.) &#8209; iridescent 12:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: was hoping that the Morning Star (available on UKPressOnline since 2000) might have something, but only one article from 2000 advocating his release comes up ... I only wish it was available for the 1990s because it could have some decent backup material. Nothing on the Guardian & Observer digital archive as stated.  Times, Express & Mirror only have a fairly trivial story about his objection to the regulation prison haircut (from Feb 1995).  I have found quite a long article called 'Barnsley Barney' from the 'In the Back' section of Private Eye (6th October 2000, page 27, column 3) - might that be a reasonable source to add?  RobinCarmody (talk) 01:54, 26 August 2015 (UTC)


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