Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pasty tax


 * 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. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:47, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Pasty tax

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It is not notable enough for a page on Wikipedia, it can easily be contained within George Osborne. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 11:05, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 11:16, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 11:16, 12 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment what WP policy are you using to propose its deletion? It was a rather important topic at the time and is certainly notable; it was well-covered by the press. The 'obituary' to Osborne's political career even features a mention. I wouldn't consider this to be 'just another' tax. st170e talk 00:50, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per my original concerns, and no response from the nom. st170e talk 13:42, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:25, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Article needs some work, notably because it has a large "Opposition" section with seeming synth, but there is no real "Support" section or any way of letting the politicians in particular have their word or defense, like in this article: Mr Cameron said that the move - which will add 20 per cent to the cost of hot pies and pasties sold by shops like Greggs - would defend takeaway restaurants against competition from major chains.. I think I'll add some tag about it this... However besides that it seems notable enough and doesn't seem to fit solely in Osborne's own page as it was simply part of the "March Budget" and not some sort of lone personal proposal about a pasty tax. All of this would be way too large to fit in there in any case. Mr. Magoo (talk) 02:40, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. I did not create this article but did improve it some time after it was written.  As a political topic that had considerable mainstream coverage at the time of the debate, I can't see any argument for deletion.  And it does not belong in the Osborne article, the phenomenon was just as much about a campaign that randomly sparked public/press interest, than about the particular Tory politician who made the proposal. Sussexonian (talk) 10:12, 25 December 2016 (UTC)


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