Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Mitchell O'Connor


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The result was   KEEP. Overtaken by events - subject has been elected to Irish parliament and now qualifies under WP:POLITICIAN Elen of the Roads (talk) 11:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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Does not meet notability guidelines. Exiledone (talk) 21:49, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't disagree more. I created this article, and I keep updating it adding sources. She is a prominent politician who stands in the General Election. She's a member of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. She campaigns for women's rights; she is often cited in national newspapers. I think this "most of the Irish politicians are not notable because Ireland is only a small country" attitude is very regrettable. --Viticulturist99 (talk) 01:32, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

*'Delete 'She is not a notable WP:POLITICIAN and I am not seeing any tangible other notability. The fact that she might get elected is by the by, if she does she will be notable until then she isn't. Off2riorob (talk) 01:54, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete If she is successful in becoming a TD then she will be notable, but not as a county councillor. AJHingston (talk) 22:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: I am not sure that her city is large enough to be considered "major" according to WP:POLITICIAN. Any comments on that? Bearian (talk) 22:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Very strange nomination. She is clearly notable, and often cited in the national press. Dun Laoghaire is county seat, i.e. the capital of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, which is by all accounts an important county in Ireland, so the article is in line with WP:POLITICIAN. Not to mention that she can get elected to the Dail. --PoorCow (talk) 00:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep, at least until the election.--Badvibes101 (talk) 03:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * This is the sort of keep that we do not do, we don't keep and wait to see if she is going to be notable and then delete, its always the case that we delete and recreate if and when they become notable. Off2riorob (talk) 11:24, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment It is worth noting out that Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown has a population of just under 200,000 with 28 councillors, with six for Dun Laoghaire itself. She is not the sole councillor for Dun Laoghaire. AJHingston (talk) 09:28, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * She surely isn't the sole councillor. So what? She's often quoted in the media, as the article shows, so she's notable as per WP:POLITICIAN.--Badvibes101 (talk) 14:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Hold reluctantly until imminent result of 2011 elec., otherwise delete.Red Hurley (talk) 10:12, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * She may make it, see this.Red Hurley (talk) 00:33, 27 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Circumstances have changed as she has been elected to Dáil and now satisfies WP:POLITICIAN. FlowerpotmaN &middot;( t ) 15:27, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - yes, elected to Dáil now notable. Off2riorob (talk) 16:22, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Now elected to Dáil Éireann (see http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/dunlaoghaire.html ) so meets WP:POLITICIAN as a member of a national parliament. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:31, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - Can an admin close this please. She has since been elected to a national parliament, so automatically meets WP:POLITICIAN, therefore further discussion is unnecessary. Snappy (talk) 00:15, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
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