Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Basham

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The result was delete. Whilst the nominator may have been blocked, there is nevertheless a consensus for deletion. Stifle (talk) 08:19, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Basham[edit]

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Does not meet WP:POLITICIAN. Has never been elected, lead a party that has never held a seat.--User19004 (talk) 03:13, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Kpg jhp jm 03:33, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Manitoba-related deletion discussions. Kpg jhp jm 03:33, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete an unelected politician.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:04, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:NPOL. Former leader of a small extra-parliamentary party. LefcentrerightDiscuss 23:25, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Strictly speaking, the question of whether the party has ever held a seat in the legislature is not in and of itself controlling on whether the leader qualifies for an article or not — some minor or fringe parties have held one or two legislative seats in their day without making all of their leaders notable, and some minor party leaders get enough reliable source coverage to clear WP:GNG regardless of whether they technically passed or failed WP:NPOL on the letter of the law. But this article is not well-sourced enough to make Basham one of the latter. Bearcat (talk) 18:42, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Hard to find much looking at what's currently in Google ... but digging back into old newspapers from 2006 to 2008, there's significant GNG coverage in ProQuest. In particular the November 20, Winnipeg Free Press article that's already referenced looks detailed. And an April 23, 2007 piece in the Free Press, and a further one on May 19, 2007. There's also pieces from the Winnipeg Sun and the Brandon Sun in 2008. Nfitz (talk) 06:01, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Please note nominator has been blocked for sockpuppetry and has done little but AFD articles since they created their account - all of which that I've carefully checked seem to be notable. Nfitz (talk) 21:12, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable party leader of a minor third party. Fails WP:NPOL. KidAd (talk) 06:06, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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