Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Stephens (politician)


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The result was   redirect to Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency). King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 20:41, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Matt Stephens (politician)

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Unelected politician who otherwise fails WP:BIO. Poorly sourced, and probably never will be unless he gets elected. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 10:39, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency). Another ghastly attempt to use wikipedia for electioneering purposes. Can be deleted if candidate fails to win majority. Polargeo (talk) 11:13, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - This article jumped the gun, we don't generally have articles for candidates, it's only when they are elected to public office that they are presumed notable, depending on what office they are elected to and the coverage they receive. --  At am a  頭 16:17, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete and Redirect. Obvious promotional piece and clear WP:POLITICIAN. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 17:01, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It cannot be both of these! Peterkingiron (talk) 15:41, 25 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency). WP:POLITICIAN requires that candidate pages be redirect to the election or constituency page as a general rule. No reason not to follow that general rule here. If he gets elected, the article can be restored. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:10, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * REdirect as last. I have made the links that ought to have existed.  He is probably the candidate most likely to beat the sitting MP, but this appears to be a safe Labour seat.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:40, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
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