Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pat King (activist)


 * 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 Nominator withdrawal. (non-admin closure) TFD (talk) 18:24, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Pat King (activist)
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Per Subjects notable only for one event. King is only known for his participation in the Canada convoy protest. While he was mentioned in a few news reports before the protest, there is not extensive coverage of him. There is nothing in this article beyond what one would expect to find in the protest article. TFD (talk) 01:49, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep (I created the article). There is extensive secondary reliable coverage of the subject's activism over a number of years around a number of events, therefore satisfying WP:N and WP:BIO. That alone should refute the AfD, but to specifically address the point that nothing in this article is found "in the protest article" (presumably Canada convoy protest) then that is incorrect the protest article talks about the events in Ottawa in 2022 and the article we are discussing here mostly is about events the subject is notable for between 2019 and 2021. CT55555 (talk) 01:54, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2022 February 28.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 01:59, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Health and fitness, COVID-19,  and Canada.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 02:02, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep as meeting notability guidelines; no opinion on quality or completeness of article. I checked out nine of the sources, only ones that predated the 2022 convoy protest (earliest October 2019, most recent December 2021).
 * They are all reliable sources (AP News, Reuters, CBC News, Global News, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, Moosejaw Today).
 * They focus in-depth on Pat King and his activities.
 * They cover a variety of things (anti-vax activity including his lawsuit against the Alberta government, before that, the Alberta/Western secessionist movement, a false information incident impacting Indigenous community, etc. And then there's the convoy itself.
 * Even pre-convoy, sources described him as "involved in the Canadian far-right ecosystem for some time", "a man well known in the COVID conspiracy movement", "[the duo] have become internationally famous for their willingness to get their message across".
 * So, pre-convoy coverage seems extensive and focussed on him, not just as a peripheral figure.  signed, Willondon (talk)  03:24, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep. "Only known for his participation in the Canada convoy protest" is a bizarre thing to say about the guy who co-founded Wexit. This article leans pretty heavily towards covid-related news coverage, but earlier stuff is out there, and even most of the covid-related mentions in this article come from before the convoy protest. And as Willondon shows, the sources in the article at present already give us a WP:GNG pass. And more news coverage will keep coming out, as his trial proceeds. If anyone wants to add this to the article, he was denied bail on Friday: . More sigcov will come out once he's back in court on March 18. -- asilvering (talk) 06:00, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - the current sourcing satisfies WP:GNG, and it's enough over time so that it is not an issue of WP:BIO1E.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:41, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Even ignoring his stuff before 2021, the man has a history of protesting and contesting the Canadian government's COVID policies, and the HQ sources have been there since 2021 to document that. On a side note, I did not even know the man's name, so all I initially saw was the name of the article; I was initially gonna make some joke about what MLK's later relatives were doing, but thankfully I did not have to do that. 👨x🐱 ( Nina Cortex x Coco Bandicoot ) 17:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment for AfD nominator TFD, I recognize your good faith nomination, but with regards to WP:SNOWBALL I humbly suggest you close this AfD, as the feedback is unanimously keep, and made with appropraite reference to Wikipedia policy. CT55555 (talk) 17:57, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


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