Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Bates (Sealand)


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The result was   redirect to Principality of Sealand. Tone 11:41, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Michael Bates (Sealand)

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This living individual is notable for only one thing: inheriting Sealand from his father. WP:BLP1E. Guy (Help!) 20:07, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:BIO. Edison (talk) 20:51, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:06, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sealand - not notable by himself. Bearian (talk) 01:45, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Well sourced article. Notable bio - Current head of Sealand government for last 11 years. Could use a little more expanding, but surely should be kept. Outback the koala (talk) 03:19, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I take it by "well sourced" you simply looked at the references section without even looking at the reliability of the sources cited or even if the links work? 2 lines of K  303  14:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Principality of Sealand. Deor (talk) 05:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong delete Pretend royal, sources are dead links, a Wiki, blogs and the like. No evidence of significant non-trivial coverage for this person's life. 2 lines of K  303  14:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Principality of Sealand because of immediate relevance. Mukadderat (talk) 16:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. Not notable - Does not meet qualifications for notability --SuperHappyPerson (talk) 01:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)SuperHappyPerson
 * redirect since he does warrant a mention in the article.   DGG ( talk ) 01:24, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.