Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Pryor

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The result was Delete. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:22, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Pryor (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable aspiring local politician in Chorley, in N-W England, whose only claim to notability is a claim that he is the youngest candidate in this year's local elections. There is only one reference to him, of 37 words in his local newspaper, so he fails WP:BIO's main notability test of substantial coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject.

WP:BIO#Politicians provides that candidates are not normally notable, and nor are local councillors, so he wouldn't be notable even if elected (unless his election generates a lot of in-depth coverage, which is unlikely for a local councillor).

He may merit a footnote in Chorley Council election, 2008, but I suggest that even a merge or redirect to that article would be excessive for this degree of non-notability.

Note that while the article asserts that Pryor is "the is the youngest candidate standing in a district council election in 2008", the local paper doesn't even say that he is the youngest candidate in Chorley, merely that "is hoping to become the local authority's youngest councillor". --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:00, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And http://www.birminghampost.net/news/politics-news/2008/04/07/birmingham-city-council-election-candidates-revealed-65233-20731028/ has a local election candidate aged 18 in Birmingham, exact b'day unstated. Is there any evidence that Pryor is younger? PamD (talk) 12:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. . —BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. —BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment In the linked article the person "hoping to become the local authority's youngest councillor" is in fact someone else entirely. Pryor is not even mentioned..... ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply. Ooops! You're right. It seems that he gets no coverage at all, not even the 37 words. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Fails WP:BIO. - Kittybrewster ☎ 12:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Fails the notability guidelines due to the lack of significant coverage in reliable sources (or indeed any coverage at all?). Also the article seems to be incorrect anyway as this states that the youngest candidate is standing in Poole in Dorset. Davewild (talk) 17:28, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That was 2007, as were most of the Google hits for "youngest candidate council election uk"! PamD (talk) 17:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, my mistake, have struck out that part of my comment but still stick by supporting deletion. Davewild (talk) 17:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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