Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Driver


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The result was keep. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 18:02, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Tom Driver

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I just wrote an article on another Tom Driver (the theologian) and came to this article to put a hatnote on it... Then decided to have as second look. This entire article seems to be based on a single source which I suspect is an obituary. It doesn't seem that he won any notable awards in his lifetime, and I am not sure that being General Secretary of the ATTI qualifies him as notable. There appears to be a dearth of actual discussion about him (my admittedly cursory search turned up next to nothing other than— ta da!— this Wikipedia article and the article it is based on). If he were actually notable, or if his union work were enough to qualify him as such, it seems that sources would be easier to spot (amidst tha hordes of "Tom Drivers" out there, of which there are many).

It would be great if those voting "keep" could provide some links to some specific reliable published independent sources to go with their votes. Thanks! A loose noose (talk) 08:34, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - had an obituary in The Guardian and a profile in the UK Who's Who, proving strong evidence of notability. I'll add information from these sources to the article over the next few days. Warofdreams talk 10:04, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Extra info now added and additional sources incorporated. Warofdreams talk 16:58, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. –  TheGridExe  ( talk )  19:33, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. –  TheGridExe  ( talk )  19:33, 17 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Leader of a major trade union and had an obit in a major national newspaper and a Who's Who entry. Clearly notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:58, 23 May 2018 (UTC)


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