Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Cooke (politician)

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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. --Coredesat 07:54, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Matt Cooke (politician)

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Non-notable local politician; text savours of self-promotion Straw Cat 13:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Fails WP:BIO for local politicians, has not received significant press coverage per Google and Google news searches. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 13:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I am not sure that this subject fails WP:BIO guidelines for local politician. The subject in question is holding a national offica (a member of the British Labour Party). This party is of course notable in Britain as well. He was also made an Olympic Ambassador for the successful London 2012 bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. --Siva1979Talk to me 14:20, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Delete It's not a national office - he's a local councillor. I can't see anything here that fits WP:BIO, and an online search unearths little either. ELIMINATORJR TALK 15:08, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Delete Being a member of a national party is not the same thing as holding national office, and Olympic Ambassadors are not notable.--Yannick 17:06, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Well, may I know the reason why Olympic Ambassadors are not notable? --Siva1979Talk to me 03:57, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep significant as a student politician as well--not that many student politicians are notable, but I think he might be.DGG (talk) 21:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Does student politician meet the parameters of notable politician? I don't think so. This article is just too early in his political career; as such it is more self-promotion, the life-blood of politics, than worthy article topic. It is better to wait and see if his political career takes him to a notable place before providing an article for him. --Storm Rider (talk) 04:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Eliz81. Fails WP:BIO at least for now. Keb25 11:22, 23 July 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.