Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Craig

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep and relist. I note that this article has been expanded quite substantially. Due to this and the procedural, advise relisting. - Ta bu shi da yu 05:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alan Craig

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Procedural error This is AFD #2 for this article. Prior discussion is in the history of this AFD; see the closed original AFD here. GRBerry 02:14, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

A local councillor, which is not a claim to notability, who once said something pithy about the Bishop of Southwark. And that appears to be about it. I'm not convinced this has any purpose other than to disparage the Bishop of Southwark, since the author's only other contribution is to the Christian Peoples Alliance article. Cruftbane 21:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete, falls far short of WP:BIO, in addition to WP:COATRACK problems. --Dhartung | Talk 21:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, local politician with no coverage, no other features of note. Sandstein 22:04, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, per nom. -- Kleinzach 01:05, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom Keeper | 76 16:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete totally nn. Tiptopper 20:28, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep I have just performed a complete rewrite of the article. This shows that he is a former leader of his party and has easily received significant press coverage in national publications such as the BBC, The Guardian and The Telegraph. I would ask that those who have made their opinions above have another look at the article which now easily meets WP:BIO. Davewild 20:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Easily passes WP:BIO as newly demonstrated by the improvements made by Davwild. Is the subject of secondary reliable sources, head of a notable political party and a councilor in a major London borough. --Oakshade 01:37, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Leader of a party anyone has ever heard of might be better :o) Cruftbane 08:08, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
WP:IDONTKNOWIT is not a reason to delete an article. The BBC, The Guardian and The Telegraph have heard of the party which by all accounts translates to all the people who read/watch those media outlets (millions) have heard of it. --Oakshade 03:50, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: Local politician - Fails WP:BIO for Politicians. Identifying him in the CPA article is completely appropriate, however, IMHO. --Sc straker 03:38, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Being the subject of multiple secondary reliable sources fails WP:BIO? That's the core criteria of both WP:NOTE and WP:BIO. --Oakshade 03:47, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

This is when in the conversation the procedural error was noted. GRBerry 02:16, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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.