Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilbert James Tinkler


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The result was merge to Manitoba Social Credit Party. Nakon 02:41, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Wilbert James Tinkler

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Virtually unsourced (there is one "Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 6 June 1953" lurking inside the body text, but it lacks the article title and isn't supporting anything noteworthy) biography of a person notable primarily as a non-winning candidate for political office and the president of a fringe political party's internal orgchart. While the latter could be a valid claim of notability if the article were sourced well enough to pass WP:GNG, it doesn't give an inclusion freebie to an unsourced or poorly sourced article just because the person existed — and nothing else here constitutes a reason why an article should be kept either. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 03:31, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * is this a valid source? Legacypac (talk) 04:34, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * That's just a straight mirror of our article about the party, so it would be deprecated under WP:CIRCULAR. Bearcat (talk) 18:53, 20 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect all the WP mirrors make searching tough but the sources I found say very little. Redirect to Manitoba Social Credit Party (which is lightly sourced, but most of the content is easily verifiable for their wins and MLAs) where he is named, in context. Consider adding a sentence about his electoral record there. Legacypac (talk) 04:50, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America1000 09:47, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Manitoba-related deletion discussions. North America1000 09:47, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  17:10, 26 December 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  → Call me  Razr   Nation  01:41, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge to Manitoba Social Credit Party. Tinkler was a high-level member of the party and its leading official for a few years. However even the article notes that he "was not a prominent public figure". Dimadick (talk) 13:30, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


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