Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Victor Billot


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The result was   keep. Spartaz Humbug! 17:03, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Victor Billot

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Not notable Elguaponz (talk) 01:39, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Summary of my original post on the article's Talk page: Victor Billot doesn't seem to meet notability criteria. Co-leadership of a party outside of Parliament isn't enough (see WP:POLITICIAN), which leaves a standard comms job, editing a student magazine, and two un-notable bands. Even his official site is empty except for an email address. Elguaponz (talk) 01:35, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge into Alliance (New Zealand) article NealeFamily (talk) 23:42, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep quite q bit of coverage, both direct and passing mentions in http://www.stuff.co.nz and http://www.nzherald.co.nz Stuartyeates (talk) 20:16, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Do any of these mentions establish notability? If he's simply quoted as Alliance co-leader, I don't believe that's enough (see WP:POLITICIAN) Elguaponz (talk) 23:18, 2 September 2014 (UTC)


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 * Keep Billot is from Dunedin, so I've had a look through the Otago Daily Times archive. They have 61 articles on him, but I grant that some of those are opinion pieces written by himself. Their archive goes back to 2008 only, so it misses the period when he was co-leader, when no doubt there would have been even more coverage. I concede that he will not have anywhere near as high a profile outside of Otago, but suggest that he's (just) notable enough to warrant his own article. I've expanded the article a bit.  Schwede 66  19:29, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 09:43, 13 September 2014 (UTC)




 * Weak Keep as per Schwede, but would it be possible to make it clearer what he is notable for? Maybe the Otago Daily Times makes it clearer. If he's notable for having been a politician maybe the article needs to lead with that fact, not what he is doing now.CoronaryKea (talk) 11:15, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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