Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Timney


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The result was DELETE and REDIRECT. postdlf (talk) 00:39, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Richard Timney

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This man is not notable other than in relation to two acts of masturbation in private and a 10 pound charge to the taxpayer. His article should be deleted and a redirect to the article on Jacqui Smith put in its place. Vizjim (talk) 08:49, 4 March 2011 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Logan Talk Contributions 05:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: I am ok with a redirect. The article was created long before the "controversy" and the controversy doesn't seem to make him notable other than via covering him in the wife's article.--Milowent • talkblp-r  14:17, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to Jacqui Smith. Rightly or wrongly, the incident itself is notable as one of the iconic moments of the biggest political event of 2009. However, this does not make the person involved notable. As the information on this incident is already in the Jacqui Smith article, that is where the information belongs. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 23:37, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete and redirect to Jacqui Smith, speedily if possible. This is clearly not a balanced biography of a notable person; it simply exists to give undue attention to two controversies that are both adequately covered in Smith's article already. If I'd come across it myself, I would have nominated it for speedy deletion under WP:G10 (Attack pages). Robofish (talk) 18:18, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect to Jacqui Smith, non notable in himself even if tied inextricably in with a v notable political event of 2009. Paste Let’s have a chat. 14:43, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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