Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Blair (police chief)

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. Dakota 04:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Blair (police chief)

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Non-notable, police chiefs should not get a wikipedia page as they are of insignificant value.

User:EEERRRRR Apr. 4, 2007 5:21 UTC

• Keep Police chiefs are not of insignificant value, many are quite notable. Given that this is the police chief of Toronto, a major city in Canada, I'm saying Keep. FrozenPurpleCube 19:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I don't agree with keeping police chiefs of minor towns, but this guy's the Canadian equivalent of Ian Blair or Raymond W. Kelly. - iridescenti (talk to me!) 20:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Not really the equivalent to the above two named. The above two have established notability whereas this Toronto police chief article doesn't. The above two have been formally knighted under British notability ranks, received awards/medals to varying degrees and have numerous properly cited content (such as controversies, possible diplomatic postings, etc.) There is nothing in Bill Blair's article, in its current state, to indicate equivalent notability status. Luke! 02:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

• Keep per Iridescenti. Toronto is a world-class city. --Dhartung | Talk 01:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep bad faith nom. "Police chiefs are of insignificant value?" Come on! --JayHenry 03:08, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Nominator is a single purpose account, and the subject is notable. I added a reference. --Eastmain 03:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I wouldn't support the idea that every police chief in the world merits an article, but the chief of police of one of the five largest cities in all of North America certainly does. Bearcat 04:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Prominent public figure in Toronto. CJCurrie 05:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep - notwithstanding the allegation of single purpose nomination account and per my reasoning above, I don't see any content that is notable enough to make up an article. However, there are weak claims to notability. The alleged "high-risk take down" and first police chief appearance at a Toronto city-wide LGBT parade are notable, but need to proper referencing per WP:BLP. Luke! 02:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep per all above. GreenJoe 23:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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