Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Blackman


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The result was   keep. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 16:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Robert Blackman

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One of many articles that has crept into Wikipedia on British prospective parliamentary candidates. WP:POLITICIAN does not attribute notability to candidates, local politics are not considered inherently notable, and there is no evidence of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article". I42 (talk) 18:52, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  20:50, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - former member of the London Assembly. This position brings considerable notability (you may note that we have articles on all current and former members of the Assembly); with only 25 members representing 7.5 million people, this is an achievement more on a par with election to the Welsh or Northern Irish Assembly.  This is supported by policy.  Notability (people) gives examples of positions considered notable.  One is "People who have held international, national or first-level sub-national political office, including members of a legislature and judges", and links to a list of national divisions, which counts the region of Greater London as being of the first level. Warofdreams talk 02:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Warofdreams. MikeHobday (talk) 18:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


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