Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Britton


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 02:52, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Michael Britton

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Fails WP:BIO and WP:POLITICIAN scope_creep talk  21:34, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
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 * As usual, unelected candidates for office do not qualify for Wikipedia articles just for being candidates, per WP:NPOL. And even if he wins election in October he still wouldn't qualify for inclusion here, because St. Catharines (pop. ~130K) is not in the narrow range of internationally famous metropolitan megacities for which we actually extend notability to the city councillors. Plus for bonus points, the article is entirely unsourced — and as I've said all too frequently of late, I have a significant tendency to suspect conflict of interest editing by the campaign manager when a brochure about an unelected candidate shows up as its creator's first-ever contribution to Wikipedia. Delete with fire. Bearcat (talk) 23:20, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. A clear-cut case. --Mkativerata (talk) 01:13, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Per the excellent argument by Bearcat. The one source is primary, so there is not sufficient indication of notability. Vanamonde93 (talk) 13:10, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
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