Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricky Knight (politician)


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The result was   delete.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 21:47, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Ricky Knight (politician)

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A town councillor for Barnstaple; does not meet WP:POLITICIAN guideline. Some ghits, but I can't see any significant coverage in relible sources to demonstrate notability. I would be happy to be proved wrong, but I don't think he meets our guidelines for inclusion at this time. Beloved Freak  13:24, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete per WP:POLITICIAN. Probably could have been speedied, as article does not assert notability. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  13:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * As well as town councillor, was "the Green Party's lead candidate for the South West region in the 2009 European Election." - this was removed by the author in a good faith attempt to remove a copyright violation, so I thought it fairer to bring to discussion.-- Beloved Freak  13:32, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - agree with nom and Starblind Codf1977 (talk) 13:29, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 *  comment deleteThere does seem to be a rather limited (o the extent of non-exisatance) any sources, RS or other wise, supporting this persons notability. I would like to wait a few days but if not sources are found in that time i would say delete. changed to delete as no sources have been forthcommingSlatersteven (talk) 14:22, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's not quite a speedy because notability can at least be asserted through these political positions. However, neither councillors nor candidates for the European Parliament count as notable without coverage elsewhere. Potentially as the lead candidate of the Green party in the European elections he could be a prominent figure in the Green Party, but I can't find anything in GNews to back this up. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 16:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I have declined the CSD as there is assertion of significance, as is indicated by Chris above. Let's see what sort of consensus emerges. CSD#A7 reads, "An article about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (e.g. band, club, company, etc., except schools), or web content that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant. This is distinct from verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability." Dloh  cierekim  00:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete - not notable as a town councillor, nor as an unsuccessful candidate in the European election (even a lead candidate who came close to election). Does not appear to hold any notable position in the Green Party.  Essentially no reliable sources, other than a few cursory mentions of his candidacy; only the Green Party website has any detail. Warofdreams talk 15:26, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect I'm not clear on British political races, but if there's an article for the race in which he's running redirecting to that will preserve information and provide readers with a useful search term. Dloh  cierekim  15:28, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think he's running though. Green Party bio here (which is presumably out of date) says he's a prospective candidate for North Devon, but the North Devon website lists the 2010 parlimentary candidates here and the Green Party one is L'Anne Knight. Ricky Knight's not mentioned.-- Beloved Freak  16:44, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * EEEwww. maybe that's why I was so unclear on what he's doing. Not even enough for a redirect then. Dloh  cierekim  17:29, 25 April 2010 (UTC)


 * A whiles back there was a discusion about a PPC being notable becasue he is a PPC, I think this demonstrates why this should not be the case.Slatersteven (talk) 11:26, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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