Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Hilton (politician)

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The result was delete. Big Dom 21:05, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Hilton (politician)

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Non-notable unsuccessful politician and blogger. I can't find much coverage of him in reliable sources; he has been mentioned by the media a few times, but I'm doubful that those mentions add up to notability. See [1], [2], [3]. Being a local councillor, standing unsuccessfully for election to Parliament, and contributing to political magazines, aren't enough for notability by themselves; it's necessary to have been the subject of significant coverage from reliable sources, and as far as I can tell he hasn't. Robofish (talk) 23:04, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:43, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:44, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - Links shows that the article subject has been mentioned in the news....--BabbaQ (talk) 14:21, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Lack GHits and GNEWS of substance. A lot of blog commentary, but appears to lack mainstream media coverage. ttonyb (talk) 14:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gnews is not an indicator of notability or not.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:18, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Tell me how "lack of lack mainstream media coverage" is not. ttonyb (talk) 15:26, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I said.. Gnews IS no indicator of notability or not. End of story.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Once again, "lack of lack mainstream media coverage" is. ttonyb (talk) 15:35, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Its a never ending debate....to delete this article is not the answer.;)--BabbaQ (talk) 15:37, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh, GHITS isn't supposed to be used as an argument of itself, but its totally acceptable to bring it up as part of a rationale, it's fine to use pragmatically, just not as an absolute determinate of worth (a la the examples on the WP:GHITS page). Repeatedly dismissing a valid comment just because it uses GHITS in part isn't as helpful as suggesting why an internet commentator and blogger isn't well covered on the internet. Bob House 884 (talk) 00:18, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Still doesnt change the fact that Gnews hits cant be used as an 100% legitimate reason to say Non-notable as the user does above.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:49, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Agree that lack of mainstream news coverage is a significant issue, certainly doesn't seem to pass WP:POLITICIAN. Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 18:56, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Its all personal opinions. But this is per fact not a clear cut non-notable article subject. And in part he does pass WP:POLITICIAN.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:49, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Non-Notable blogger and unsuccessful politician. I can find sporadic coverage of a few lame stunts he has pulled, a few court cases which hes been involved in and a couple of occassions where hes been quoted as a commentator, but nothing of any substance which is actually about him. Low level of GNEWS and GHITS indicates that I probably havent missed anything, especially since he shares his name with a retired champion boxer, a sports journalist, a quotable police detective and a Microsoft executive.Bob House 884 (talk) 12:08, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Even if children by the million sing for Alex Hilton when he comes 'round, he's not notable as a politician, and blogging coverage doesn't seem sufficient.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 03:52, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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