Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Lynch (politician)


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The result was delete; fails to meet WP:BIO#Politicians - but without prejudice against recreation of a properly sourced article demonstrating notability. - Philippe 04:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Sean Lynch (politician)

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Stub article on a former county councillor in County Longford (one of Ireland's smaller counties, pop ~35,000). There is one substantial reference: this 2000+ word article reprinted from the local newspaper, the Longford Leader. The article is solely about him, and does note that he is a former Chairman of Longford County Council, but it appears to be the only substantial independent coverage of him, and I don't think that's quite enough to establish notability per WP:BIO. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions.  . -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:54, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak delete - the newspaper article is good, and Lynch has done two things of some note: he has been the Chairman of Longford County Council, and was the last elected Republican Sinn Féin representative in Ireland. As it stands, the article is of little use, and with very limited references available to improve it online, I'm in favour of deleting it, while allowing that someone with access to local newspapers, etc, may be able to create a useful article. Warofdreams talk 21:09, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


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