Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oliver Johnstone


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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:32, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Oliver Johnstone

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Does not pass GNG or WP:NPOL. Elected to a single term as a local councillor. Mccapra (talk) 18:44, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 18:44, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 18:44, 27 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I find it confusing and incorrect that you have flagged the page Oliver Johnstone for deletion. It does match the criteria in WP:NPOL, as he was a member of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council which is a province of Greater Manchester. It clearly states that if someone has been a member of a legislature at a province level they pass the criteria for WP:NPOL. This position that Oliver Johnstone had is similar to state house members in the United States, it is clearly therefore acceptable for this page to be in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheApollotd (talk • contribs) 19:30, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. Stockport isn’t a province of Manchester, it’s a borough. Being a local councillor in Stockport is not like being a member of a US state legislature, it’s like being on the borough board of Queens or Brooklyn. Mccapra (talk) 06:37, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Boroughs of cities are not the same thing as provinces of the country, so a borough council is not synonymous with or even comparable to a provincial legislature. Borough councillors are local politicians under NPOL #2, not provincial or state legislators under NPOL #1 — so to qualify for a Wikipedia article, the test he would have to pass is having a hell of a lot more reliable source coverage about him in media than this. Greater Manchester is not an independent country, it's merely a city with boroughs and wards like any other city. Bearcat (talk) 16:47, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Local councillors are certainly not notable per WP:POLITICIAN. Even county councillors aren't notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:11, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete councilors at this level are just inherently non-notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:44, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. Municipal councillors are not notable for only being councillors. Johnstone is a local politician that served one term in council and lost re-election. A majority of the citations relate to the election. A mere mention in a regional newspaper is also not enough. Lefcentreright  Talk  (plz ping) 23:53, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. As has been mentioned above, having failed NPOL we have to resort to SIGCOV, which in this case is nonexistent, therefore the person is non-notable for Wikipedia. PK650 (talk) 03:52, 3 May 2020 (UTC)


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