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The result was delete. Killiondude (talk) 03:30, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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No real claim for notability appears to have been made for this "political analyst", despite a strange link to a promotion to a suit worn in 1911. Grahame (talk) 01:47, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Grahame (talk) 01:47, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment, probably also worth looking at the article for Statesman Institute, the group that this individual works for, which looks to have a somewhat dubious notability. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 03:20, 31 January 2018 (UTC).[reply]

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• Delete, had a look into this and found nothing but astroturf on him and his institute. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 00:13, 4 February 2018 (UTC).[reply]
• Delete no claim to notability. ThinkTanks are a dime a dozen these days. Even if his was notable, that would not make him notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:03, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Non notable, promo. At the very very best merge into Statesman Institute if that survives AfD. Aoziwe (talk) 14:36, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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