Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Troy Southgate

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 of the debate was DELETE. Owen× ☎ 04:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Troy Southgate

A very minor political figure on the far right of British politics. His highest office was apparently as a regional organiser for the "Sussex region" (most probably just the counties of East Sussex and West Sussex) in the 1980s. Since then he's been struggling to get the support of more than a handful of people behind his "grouplets".

WP:BIO poses two tests for the noteworthiness of politcal figures:

• Political figures holding international, national or statewide/provincewide office or members of a national, state or provincial legislature.
  • Troy Southgate clearly fails this.
• Major local political figures who receive significant press coverage
  • Certianly I'm not aware of his receiving significant national press coverage in recent years. I'm too young to know if he did in the 1980s, when he was most notable. I would be suprised if there wasn't a fair amount of local (Sussex area) coverage at the time of his arrest/trial but whether this reached the national papers I don't know.

According to Capitalistroadster the subject of the article does not want an article here. [1]. Thryduulf 23:34, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Comment As a US citizen who is not familiar with UK politics, I will abstain, but the fact the the person doesn't want an article about himself should have no bearing, it is strictly about his notablility --Rogerd 03:39, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete . I agree with above reasons. Maccoinnich 00:00, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Troy Southgate sent an e-mail to the help desk asking for his article to be deleted. After cleaning up the article with references, I put a notice on the UK Wikipedians Help Desk whether he was more notable than he seemed. National President of the British National Front might be notable enough. I doubt that a Sussex Regional Organiser is - even if it was in Labour, the Tories or Liberal Democrats. By the way, I believe that Southgate was probably the original author but other editors have edited it since. Capitalistroadster 00:10, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
• Abstain. His importance comes from the fact that he is one of the main exponents of National anarchism, which is not even mentioned in the article. I would vote for keeping the article on this basis but if he wants it down there's not a lot can be done. Keresaspa 15:19, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. Shanes 08:54, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Izehar 20:59, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - very notable. The fact he wants the article deleted if anything makes this more worthy. lol. Unless we are breaking the law by making it, this is very valid. Perhaps get Troy Southgate to help to edit the article. Zordrac 10:58, 1 December 2005 (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.