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The result was delete. Randykitty ( talk) 15:08, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Reynold Macpherson
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Unsuccessful politician that fails WP:NPOL. The coverage is routine local news political reporting. Fails GNG Dom from Paris ( talk) 07:59, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Dom from Paris ( talk) 08:00, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Dom from Paris ( talk) 08:00, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- Delete fails WP:NPOL and not enough for WP:GNG NZFC (talk) 08:27, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- Delete. Does not meet requirements for WP:NPOL. Ajf773 ( talk) 09:24, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being unsuccessful candidates for election to municipal governments — but there's no credible claim of preexisting notability for other reasons here, and the depth of referencing being cited here is nowhere close to enough to make his candidacy a special case over and above every other candidate who didn't get an article for that. Bearcat ( talk) 15:46, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- Keep. Dr Macpherson is notable for a number of reasons, the most recent being his failed candidacy for Mayor, he has been featured in local, along with national media, due to the controversy's he has brought up. He is also an author, a retired education sector leader, and has heavily shaped the face of local body politics in Rotorua. I note John Palino, failed Auckland Mayoral candidate has a page up for similar reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StrewnJohn ( talk • contribs) 23:52, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- A failed candidacy for mayor is not a notability claim in and of itself — every single person who was ever a candidate in any election anywhere has always been "featured" in media to some extent in that context, so that coverage does not count as support for notability unless it explodes way outside the bounds of what's merely expected to exist for all candidates. And WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid argument in an AFD discussion, either — we have no way to prevent anybody from trying to create an article about absolutely anything or anyone that exists at all, so the existence of any article is not in and of itself grounds for the creation of an article about any other apparently similar topic. Raising an OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument actually backfires, as a rule — it's more likely to cause the other article to get put up for deletion, if it's not properly demonstrating an includable notability claim either, than it is to cause the salvation of this one. Wanna take a wild guess what just happened to John Palino's article? Bearcat ( talk) 19:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
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