Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerard Batten

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The result was speedy keep. — CharlotteWebb 01:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gerard Batten

• Abstain as nominator, for now This article appears to have been created to give a place to put contested material that the community is not allowing at the Romano Prodi article. I think the question needs to be raised here: Is a Member of the European Parliament automatically notable? (The EP has a pretty low profile, doesn't really do much, so I'm yet to be convinced on that point.) If not, is Batten notable on his own, either for these allegations that haven't gotten much traction, or for some other reason? --Trovatore 21:29, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Actually I was wrong about the creation of the article; it was created back in '04 and the Prodi stuff wasn't added until April of this year. I think the questions still deserve discussion. --Trovatore 21:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Well, WP:BIO says "Political figures holding or who have held international, national or statewide/provincewide office, and members and former members of a national, state or provincial legislature." I have no real opinion about the European Parliment's status, but it is a international legislative body, so I think Members pass. Dina 23:41, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment sounds reasonable --Trovatore 02:20, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per WP:BIO. Google News Archive shows 53 stories on him so verifiable. [1]. Capitalistroadster 04:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Elected member of the European Parliament. Catchpole 08:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep this MEP. Punkmorten 09:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep MEP Nil Einne 18:39, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep fair enough --Trovatore 19:23, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep MEPs are notable for being MEPs.--Grahamec 11:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Important part the story in Russian poisoning case 194.83.141.207 13:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep If the article only read "Gerard Batten is a member of European Parliament" (and provided that was true), I'd still say keep. --Oakshade 00:16, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Current European-level parliamentarians cannot evade being notable and their entries encyclopedic. I am going to remove the AfD: there is clear consensus (both by convention and as evidenced here) and it is unlikely to change without an overall policy change. – Kaihsu 15:31, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment you can't remove the notice without closing the AfD. I wouldn't object to an early close with a result of keep, but formally speaking the AfD has not been closed, so I restored the notice. --Trovatore 22:28, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Another comment it seems that a lot of people misunderstand the AfD notice at the top of the article; Kaishu mentioned "removing the AfD", but in fact all he did was remove the notice telling people about the AfD and where to find it. --Trovatore 22:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I am formally closing this debate. The consensus is "speedy keep". – Kaihsu 15:17, 23 November 2006 (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.