Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Ford (Canadian politician)


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The result was   delete. Kurykh (talk) 00:39, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Michael Ford (Canadian politician)

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WP:BLP of a local politician in Toronto who does not pass WP:NPOL. The only office he has been elected to as of today is the Toronto District School Board, but being a school board trustee is not an office that gets a person into Wikipedia. Other than that, all existing coverage of him derives from either his withdrawn candidacy for Toronto City Council or from being the nephew of Rob Ford — but withdrawn or unelected candidates in municipal elections do not get over NPOL just for being candidates, and notability is not inherited, so neither of those get him over the bar either. And even most of that coverage ultimately boiled down to his virtual invisibility to the media during his campaign, and was much more coverage of the idea of a Mystery Third Ford than it was of him — which means, ultimately, that as of right now there's not even close to enough sourcing present in this article to claim WP:GNG. (And then there are WP:BLP issues here, to boot — a not-insignificant part of this article is actually WP:COATRACKing information about what unsavory characters his mom and dad are, instead of actually being about him.) No prejudice against recreation in the future if and when he actually accomplishes something that would get him over one of our inclusion standards, but right now he's a delete. Bearcat (talk) 08:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:30, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 21:31, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:54, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Delete. Lacks significant coverage. There are plenty of minor mentions of him but all within the context of being related to Rob and Doug Ford. But that doesn't make him notable per WP:NOTINHERITED.Tchaliburton (talk) 14:23, 8 November 2014 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e deckertalk 01:00, 12 November 2014 (UTC)


 * I found this profile of him in the Toronto Star, which has a fair amount of biographical information about him. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 01:43, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
 * That's just WP:ROUTINE coverage of his candidacy, though. It still doesn't support any substantive notability claim that would get him into an encyclopedia on any of our subject-specific inclusion rules, and one good source still isn't enough to get someone over WP:GNG instead. Bearcat (talk) 05:36, 15 November 2014 (UTC)


 * tepid keep What is not routine is to be running for office so that you generate a series of articles in the Toronto Star, that, together with 2 long profiles in the National Post make him notable.ShulMaven (talk) 12:42, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Local media have a legal and ethical obligation to provide "equal time" coverage to candidates in elections taking place in their coverage area, so that voters have a source of information with which to make informed decisions — which means that yes, such coverage is WP:ROUTINE, because all candidates always get some. Wikipedia's inclusion rules for politicians, however, are governed by a very different set of standards, so campaign coverage (and even winning election to some political bodies, such as school boards or parks and rec committees) is not enough to get a person included here. Bearcat (talk) 20:46, 18 November 2014 (UTC)


 * delete School trustees are not notable enough on their own for regular articles. Maybe one day if he ever graduates to councillor but not today. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 17:29, 18 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Does not meet NPOL or GNG. School board election is not enough. Notable relatives does not make the subject notable. Cowlibob (talk) 18:14, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete: Has not obtained a notable position; coverage based on his family doesn't rise to WP:GNG, at least as of yet.--Milowent • hasspoken  00:24, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
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