Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dessie Larkin

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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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 11:36, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dessie Larkin

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Local politician. Does not meet notability criteria as on WP:BIO. No reliable secondary sources. Pathless 09:40, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. --Tikiwont 12:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - Elected government official in very large Northern Ireland county. --Oakshade 17:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
    • The subject is an elected official at local level, not national level. And the county is in the Republic of Ireland. Pathless 18:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the Ireland correction. --Oakshade 18:46, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep - deputy mayor of the largest town in Donegal, a county itself not remotely close to being one of the smallest in Ireland? Completely wasteful to throw away such information. Discarding such an important figure would not be considered if he were a politician in the US! In fact why has the mayor's article even been deleted? --Letterkennyboi 20:37, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 10:30, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 10:30, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Wafulz 19:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment from relisting admin: Rather than arguing with absolutes, subjective terms, and accusations of bias please present reliable sources to show whether or not the subject meets notability guidelines.-Wafulz 19:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - According to the articles here, I read that he's the deputy mayor of a town of population 6,855! He's just a member of the bigger city council Corpx 19:47, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Guidelines are a national office, or a local official with significant media coverage. Does not meet criteria. Or we go to primary notability criteria and reach the same conclusion. He is a non notable person.Obina 21:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as his position pretty clearly fails WP:BIO. False WP:INN arguments about US politicians were given; in my experience such articles are deleted. "A county itself not remotely close to being the smallest" isn't really an assertion of notability, either. --Dhartung | Talk 21:17, 29 June 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.