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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 18:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

James Lawless (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Irish local council candidate for future election. No other notability claimed, no sources. CalendarWatcher (talk) 21:18, 8 November 2008 (UTC) Source here : James Lawless blog[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

James Lawless is notable in Co. Kildare, Leinster, Fianna Fáil and Irish politics. A source has been provided for the claim of candidate for upcoming elections. Further information will be added to the article and sources will be provided in due course. User:Nickleeson FF —Preceding undated comment was added at 00:28, 9 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Being a candidate for the Kildare County Council is notable within Irish politics. Kildare County Council is responsible for approx. 180,000 citizens and is the 5th largest local authority in Ireland. See Kildare CoCo website User:Nickleeson FF —Preceding undated comment was added at 00:55, 9 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]

• Delete: Looks like he fails WP:POLITICIAN. I can't find anything from a Google search (aside from blogs, which are not reliable sources). Kildare County may be large in size, but we still need coverage in reliable sources for us to have notability. On a side note, Nickleeson FF (talk · contribs) may have a WP:COI related to this topic, as his contributions are narrow in focus. Fraud ^{talk to me} 01:23, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete This resume and campaign advertisement has no suggestion of notability. Good luck with your campaign. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:56, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Do not delete: It would be possible provide a reference from the political party, however this would be some form of letter and not a press release or statement on a website. A Google search normally turns up poor results when searching for politicans, past and current, in county council elections. This is probably due to lack of initial input on Wikipedia, rather than the articles being AfDs. The only sources available on the internet at this time would be newspaper articles, however, not all articles in the Leinster papers are archived. User:Nickleeson FF, i.e. myself, hasn't met the politican and doesn't know him personally, however, I would be part of the same political party. The information I provided on the article is taken from his own blog, from word-of-mouth and radio interviews. If the information on the article is too narrow, that wouldn't necessarily warrant deletion, neither would a WP:COI as the article would just require further contributions from other people who would not be connected politically. As regards the notability of the article, it is certainly notable within the Leinster political sphere. Might it be better to mark this article as a stub so that other political enthusiasts and browsers may expand it over time? User:Nickleeson FF —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.240.98 (talk) 18:19, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Fails WP:POLITICIAN. He is not a major local figure and the lack of significant sources means he fails to be sufficiently notable. Unusual? Quite ^TalkQu 22:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Do not delete: Would newspaper articles as reference to political notability and community activism be sufficient to qualify for general notability given that a political candidate would not automatically qualify as notable under WP:POLITICIAN? I can provide more newspaper references in the article. User:Nickleeson FF —Preceding undated comment was added at 12:06, 10 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]

• Do not delete: I provided more references to the article - newspaper and radio links. User:Nickleeson FF —Preceding undated comment was added at 12:28, 10 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]

• Delete: Local political candidate without significant press. Most refs from Lawless' own site. -skew-t (talk) 12:46, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Do not delete: Those in favour of deleting have to provide reasons why local and provincal notability are insufficient to maintaining this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickleeson FF (talk • contribs) 09:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Do not delete: Being a candidate in the upcoming Irish local elections is sufficient to justify maintaining this article. Links to coverage of candidate in local media demonstrate local profile. -kbyrne 17:53, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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