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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 05:30, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Alan Mullen
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WP:BLP of an unelected political figure, not adequately sourced as having a strong notability claim. The claim here is that he's a former chief of staff to the speaker of a provincial legislature, which is not an "inherently" notable role that guarantees a free pass into Wikipedia -- he would have to pass
WP:GNG on his sourceability to warrant a Wikipedia article.
But there are just two footnotes here, both of which are relatively short and unsubstantive sources that just cover him in the context of having briefly been in the news for investigating allegations of other people's impropriety, in other words doing his job. For the record, one of the two people he investigated was formally charged and the other was not, but this article isn't telling you that, and there are
WP:BLP problems arising from its failure to tell you that — this was most likely created as a
WP:COATRACK to get the criminal allegations into Wikipedia for "naming and shaming" purposes without actually trying to write
WP:PERP-failing BLPs of the people Mullen investigated.
This simply isn't of enough
enduring significance to justify an article that's this unsubstantive and minimally sourced.
Bearcat (
talk) 03:34, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Canada. Bearcat ( talk) 03:34, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Chief of staff to a provincial speaker is not a role that would make him notable and the scandal-related stuff won’t stand up a bio on its own. Mccapra ( talk) 12:04, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Hey man im josh ( talk) 12:20, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
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