Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter Millar


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The result was   keep. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:38, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Walter Millar

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PatGallacher (talk) 10:39, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

This person has been an unsuccesful candidate a number of times, and has held various local offices in a few bodies, he does not meet the criteria for notability. PatGallacher (talk) 10:46, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - probably doesn't meet WP:POLITICIAN (being a former council vice-chair and current prominent member of one of Northern Ireland's smaller political parties doesn't convey any automatic notability), but that's explicitly trumped by the general notability guideline, which he does meet. In addition to what is in the article, Google News turns up various stories from the local Mid Ulster Mail. Warofdreams talk 10:50, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It's far from clear why the general notability guidelines trump WP:POLITICIAN in this case, we don't have specific guidelines like this just for the fun of it. Lots of minor local politicians will have significant coverage in minor local papers. PatGallacher (talk) 13:49, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Err ... the GNG trumps EVERY subordinate notability criteria. The subordinate notability criteria are presumptive; it is presumed that a subject meeting them would thereby meet the GNG.   Ravenswing   04:29, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Keep while the subject obviously fails WP:POLITICIAN, he has achieved enough coverage in reliable sources to meet WP:GNG Valenciano (talk) 09:46, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Northern Ireland-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:08, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:09, 28 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak keep I think he just about scrapes by the general notability guideline from my search on google, although this coverage does need to be added to the article, as what is in the article currently meets verifiability, but is not sufficient for notability. Davewild (talk) 18:54, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
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