Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Papworth


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The result was   delete. Ged UK  13:33, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Tom Papworth

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Fails WP:POLITICIAN only being elected to Bromley Council which is hardly "state/province wide". Also doesn't seem to meet WP:GNG as all the references are either trivial coverage, such as election results, or are not independent of the subject. Dpmuk (talk) 00:38, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - In addition to being elected to office there is a range of independent coverage involving Papworth:
 * Financial Times - Immigration policy seen as threat to growth
 * Business article quoting Papworth in capacity of Fellow of Adam Smith Institute on Zombie companies
 * Express - national coverage citing Papworth on zombie companies
 * BBC - Companies article
 * Also a set of local news stories:
 * Local news item relating to charity run
 * Mice Hotel
 * Appointed LD Leader
 * Planning in relation to Crystal Palace Park
 * SheffGruff (talk) 13:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * SheffGruff (talk) 13:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Seems to be a local officeholder who has been mentioned in some reliable sources. Does not appear to have received substantial coverage in reliable independent sources that aren't local. Candleabracadabra (talk) 13:56, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * weak keep Local councillors aren't inherently notable, but this one seems to squeak through on account of his other involvements. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:53, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. I checked the refs and they are all trivial mentions, usually just mentioning his name and nothing more. Szzuk (talk) 21:14, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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