Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Oddy

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 was delete, at least as far as a free-standing article goes. But if anyone wants me to restore for a merger, that is also acceptable under the circumstances here.--Chaser - T 03:42, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Oddy

Article fails WP:BIO and WP:NOR. The first leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia that is documented is Nick Wright. Delete.
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Oddy (1st nom). GreenJoe 20:19, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Could some more knowledgeable individual please indicate how he could have been the leader of a party before it was officially formed? CJCurrie 22:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Canadian electoral candidates are never deleted from Wikipedia. If they're not deemed notable enough for their own articles, then they get merged into a list such as Green Party candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election. Bearcat 04:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He was leader of the provincial Green Party before the party was officially registered, so in some articles he is called interim leader. He received a fair bit of press coverage in 2005. [1] [2]. --Paul Erik 05:55, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ELIMINATORJR 00:16, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh 23:47, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - He is mentioned in some news articles, but there isn't enought WP:RS material to develop a Wikipedia article on this topic. Fails WP:N. Now, if this were Michael Oddy who made it to the 1963 British Open squash championship ... -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 05:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Jreferee. Jauerback 14:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Jreferee. Carlossuarez46 20:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - anyone who was leader of a local party, even in the interim, and has mention in newspaper as a reliable citation should be kept. -- Fuzheado | Talk 04:39, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- There's no proof that he was the leader. GreenJoe 15:28, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - He was leader of the Green Party before they were officially registered. Here is a newspaper editorial from 2005 identifying him as leader of the Novia Scotia Greens.[3] Also, could you please specify what WP:NOR concern you have with the Michael Oddy article? --Paul Erik 16:53, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Wikipedia should not tell people who to vote for; therefore, if it has and article on one candidate it must have one on all.Zginder 22:10, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the above comment misstates the position. Wikipedia is not part of the electoral process, even if some politicians try to make it so. People get articles because of their individual notability not because they are standing against a notable person. In the UK we get all manner of nutters standing against well-known figures - on this logic all such oddballs would get their own article. In this case there is no sound evidence of achievement (short-term interim leader of a party before its formation? I don't think so) or of sufficient significant secondary sources to meet WP:N. TerriersFan 22:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.