Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tamati Kruger


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The result was  Keep (non-admin close) RMHED (talk) 17:54, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Tamati Kruger

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another unsuccessful political candidate page; I don't think this is notable enough to keep Primal (talk) 07:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions.   —Primal (talk) 07:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   —Primal (talk) 07:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, he's had mainstream media coverage. See for example the interviews linked to from . I see almost 2000 google hits. He's been quoted in the New Zealand Herald, and has an article on the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry website. Calling him an unsuccessful political candidate doesn't seem reasonable; he was on the Labour Party list in the 1996 election without becoming an MP, but that isn't even mentioned in the article.- gadfium 09:20, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - he's not a political candidate, (at least that's not mentioned), and the claims made are sufficient for notability, if backed up. I have added an "unreferenced" tag; that's all that's needed for now. JohnCD (talk) 09:21, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep There are obviously people willing to assert this article's notability, why deny them the opportunity? Black-Velvet  09:48, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment The notability of this subject should not be judged by his political career. He is best known as a historian, political commentor and Tuhoe advocate and spokesman. However, while I can find many news articles in which he is quoted as the Tuhoe spokesman or mentioned in passing in political speeches, I can't find any material that addresses him directly as the subject. Therefore I can't find evidence that he meets the general notability guideline. Does he meet some more specific guideline, perhaps as an author or representative of a notable political group? Ryan Paddy (talk) 22:23, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


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