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The result was Keep. The consensus below is that the expanded and sourced article demonstrates notability. Eluchil404 (talk) 07:57, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Christy Burke

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Two line stub on non-notable local councillor who has not held any statewide office and therefore fails WP:POLITICIAN: quitting your party to sit as an independent is not notable. Nothing substantive in reliable sources. Valenciano (talk) 20:04, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:18, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —Snappy (talk) 21:13, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - non notable, fails WP:Politician. Recent updates may indicate notability. Snappy (talk) 21:15, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:POLITICIAN. If the subject is notable per WP:GNG, it's only for one event (resigning from Sinn Fein). Move to neutral per the sources provided. This may be a case where the subject passes WP:GNG, trumping WP:POLITICIAN. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep Does seem to meet WP:GNG, and isn't very far from satisfying WP:POLITICIAN, IMO. RadManCF (talk) 23:55, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I've added a few more details that may be of significance in deciding notability.Autarch (talk) 14:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as Snappy.Red Hurley (talk) 21:05, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - added sources show that he was also involved in anti-drugs activism in Dublin in the 1980s (a major issue as inner-city Dublin had a serious heroin addiction problem) and that he was in jail for IRA membership.Autarch (talk) 13:35, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - a notable politician with plenty of coverage in reliable secondary sources; see Google Books. Scolaire (talk) 11:10, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The nominator is right that being a local councillor does not of itself constitute notability per WP:POLITICIAN. However, Burke has been an unusually high-profile councillor, for 25 years, so I'm not surprised to find that he has in fact been the subject of substantial coverage in mainstream media, which has now been added to the article. As such, he meets WP:GNG. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:42, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - local councillors are not often notable, but Burke has received substantial coverage in a variety of media for political activity. Warofdreams talk 00:20, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.