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The result was no consensus. MBisanz ^talk 23:48, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Howard Dawber (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

One of many articles that has crept into Wikipedia on British prospective parliamentary candidates. WP:POLITICIAN does not attribute notability to candidates, and there is no evidence of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article". I42 (talk) 18:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- I'^mperator 20:30, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I would argue for inclusion of this article and all other article regarding parliamentary candidates for reasons outlined here [User:ZTomane1|ZTomane1]] (talk) 22:25, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence of current notability. If he is elected, then he should have an article. Warofdreams talk 02:09, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No 3rd party refs and candidate clearly fails WP:POLITICIAN. Valenciano (talk) 13:51, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep not as a politician, but because of business interests at [1]. MikeHobday (talk) 21:28, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • How does this non-independent bio satisfy WP:N? I42 (talk) 21:59, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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