Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Kinsman


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The result was   keep. j⚛e deckertalk 16:54, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Paul Kinsman

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Despite a hint of notability, the award of Honorary Life Membership in the College of Family Medicine does not appear to be, of itself, something that confers notability. The references are insufficient to assert notability and to verify it. If he can be shown to be notable and that notability added to the article, great. If not then he does not merit an article here. Fiddle  Faddle  17:06, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and improve the references. As Timtrent noted, the dearth of references don't clearly establish notability via WP:GNG. However, WP:POLITICIAN says that persons elected to sub-national bodies are notable. Thus, his service as an MLA makes him a notable person. I think the best course for this article right now is to improve the sourcing. —C.Fred (talk) 17:27, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:POLITICIAN as he served in the Nova Scotia Legislature (which was the primary reason I created the article). Connormah (talk) 18:08, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Passes WP:POLITICIAN was a member of the Nova Scotia Legislature.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 23:07, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep He served as an MLA in Nova Scotia, so that should pass notability guidelines. Cmr08 (talk) 23:35, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nova Scotia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:49, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:49, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:49, 27 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. Members of provincial Canadian legislatures are automtically notable, just as state legislators in the United States are. -LtNOWIS (talk)
 * Keep Served in a legislature, therefore automatically passes WP:POLITICIAN. Can we WP:SNOW this now? Tiller54 (talk) 00:23, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Sourcing improvements are certainly needed, so by all means the article should be tagged for refimprove, but duly serving members of a provincial legislature in Canada are always notable per WP:NPOL #1 — we do not have additional standards to distinguish MLAs into "notable" and "non-notable" camps, but rather if they served at all then they're automatically includable with no exceptions. Keep. Bearcat (talk) 20:33, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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