Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Polak

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 00:53, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

Mary Polak
Yet another non-elected British Columbia general election, 2005 candidate. Nomination withdrawn per CJCurrie's comments below. Bearcat 01:15, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete --Spinboy 01:29, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * This one should be Kept. Polak has attained national notoriety as an extremely socially-conservative school trustee (ie. getting her name in the papers by opposing literature that portrays same-sex couples in a favourable light).  She's also notable as the governing-party candidate who lost the only by-election that took place in the parliament now ending.  I don't have a *strong* opinion about the NDP pages that I voted to keep a few moments ago; Polak, however, is clearly over the bar in terms of notability.  CJCurrie 01:52, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I have to be honest; to the best of my knowledge (and I do have a vested interest in the subject of social conservatives trying to ban gay-themed books), the incident is famous. I'm not altogether sure that she's achieved much personal fame out of it. But I'm willing to strike my nomination. Bearcat 08:18, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep I am indifferent about most of the candidates but she is more notable than most as CJCurrie states above. - Jord 02:50, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Sufficiently notable. - Webgeer 03:01, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, a decent article. - SimonP 04:18, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, just under the bar of notability. Megan1967 06:15, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd say "non-elected = non-notable" once more but would like to read some more about the incident CJCurrie mentioned. No vote as yet. Radiant! 08:54, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment See here for a story on the incident in question. - Jord 21:02, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * No vote, leaning towards keep. --GRider\talk 19:01, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems to be notable educational activist. Capitalistroadster 20:11, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, since the nomination has been withdrawn. Kappa 02:26, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Most unelected candidates do not deserve their own pages, but Polak's leadership in the Surrey school board's book-banning case makes her notable reagrdless of whether she is elected or not. (The case was one of the most prominent Canadian legal disputes of the last decade.) Keep. Ianking 00:33, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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