Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Wright (politician)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   keep. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 17:48, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Nick Wright (politician)

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Does not meet the criteria for WP:POLITICIAN. No significant coverage in the media. West Eddy (talk) 11:17, 25 April 2012 (UTC) http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2006/parties/GREENwright.html http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2006/parties/ http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/candidates/12004_GRN.html http://southshorenow.ca/archives/viewer.php?sctn=2006/053106/news&article=18 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/12/19/wright-down.html http://www.kingscountynews.ca/News/Politics/2007-04-30/article-588998/Greens-to-pick-new-provincial-leader/1
 * Keep as a former leader of a registered political party. Falls under WP:OUTCOMES. Me-123567-Me (talk) 15:34, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Wow! This man was the founding leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia, a currently registared political party. It is plainly obvious that this is notable. Outback the koala (talk) 17:23, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep There has been significant media coverage. For example:

For more recent media coverage see: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/04/nicholas-depencier-wright-seal-slaughter-makes-no-economic-sense/ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dean-pogas/seal-hunt-canada_b_1429696.html http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/nick-wright/seal-hunt_b_894446.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQb9BPfDcOk http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/1132150--lawyer-sues-police-for-unlawful-g20-arrest http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2012-04-04/article-2946854/Humane-Society-to-N.L.-sealers%3A-%26lsquoLet%26rsquos-talk%26rsquo/1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nw88 (talk • contribs) 01:30, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Apart from all of the aforementioned media articles, there is historical significance in being the fist leader of any registered political party. Pdacortex (talk) 03:09, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable politician. Founding leader of a party that went on to run full slates in two elections. 117Avenue (talk) 03:54, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nova Scotia-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 19:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 19:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Notability is not determined by imposing blanket rules like "all leaders of political parties are inherently notable", but by the presence or absence of coverage about him in reliable sources. A political party leader is certainly always valid as a potential article topic, but valid referencing still has to be present — and standard AFD practice has always allowed for a political party leader to be redirected to the article on the party, and not given a standalone article, if legitimate, substantial coverage of him in reliable sources is not present and cannot be added. Accordingly, keep if the article can be spruced up to meet proper notability and sourcing standards within the next week, and redirect to Green Party of Nova Scotia if it can't. There is no "it will get cleaned up someday" exemption for biographies of living people anymore, and it's not good enough to point to the existence of possible sources that never actually get added to the article — the article either actually gets cleaned up immediately or it goes, no in between. Bearcat (talk) 20:38, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * the refs mentioned by Nw88 are mostly in the article. I have edited the article so the refs aren't bare links, added a reflist template, an external links section (to green party, nick wright's law business, others).Marikafragen (talk) 01:31, 3 May 2012 (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.