Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gareth Ward (2nd nomination)

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 of the debate was No consensus. Deathphoenix ʕ 02:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gareth Ward[edit]

Completing a 2nd AfD nomination. I take it this is for WP:NN. A councilman who made local headlines for getting some tomato sauce poured over his head. Read the entry for more info. ~ trialsanderrors 09:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First nomination result was keep: nomination withdrawn: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gareth Ward. ~ trialsanderrors 09:32, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the article is certainly verifiable, but I just don't think he's encyclopedic. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 09:34, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BIO, minor regional political figure who's main claim for notability is having tomato sause spilled over him by another minor political figure [1]; also only 891 Google results--☆TBC☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 10:53, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, meets WP:BIO, having your story make international press is fairly notable. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:21, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nn. 15 minutes of fame, congratulations. Tychocat 13:45, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as non-notable and Merge information into Shoalhaven. As far as I can tell, the press coverage is all local (Australia). I see a lot of more interesting stuff on "Reuters: Oddly Enough", but none of it is notable for an encyclopedia. Ted 14:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Info on Gareth Ward can be merged into the Shoalhaven article. Then leave a redirect. --Uncle Ed 16:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:BIO and WP:NN applies here.--Auger Martel 16:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I'm inclined to believe that the Daily Telegraph mentioned is the Australian version. Food fights among local politicans = NN. ~ trialsanderrors 16:41, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep how does covering this harm anything? Derex 20:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I can't think of any good reason this article should be deleted, press coverage on the event fulfills WP:BIO. Amazinglarry 20:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep received media coverage makes him just over the line for notability for mine although I concede it is a marginal case. I added the references to the article in the first place but I won't be crying in my beer if it is deleted. Capitalistroadster 23:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Capitalistroadster 23:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect and place info on Shoalhaven page. JChap 01:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and Redirect to Shoalhaven. M1ss1ontom a rs2k4 ^{(T | C | @)} 01:18, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Municipal politicians are notable, this one more so than most. TruthbringerToronto 01:42, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete Not notable enough. Press coverage, even international coverage, is not guarantee of notability - newspapers and news services carry many trivial stories. "Harmless articles shouldn't be deleted" type arguments ignore the fact that Wikipedia is an attempt at an encyclopedia, and not a random collection of any information. Bwithh 02:10, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Maybe a good indicator of the encyclopedic interest in this entry is this revision which was left standing for more than a month: [2], from November 8 to December 13 (when it was blanked). ~ trialsanderrors 06:45, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete You need only look at the history page, I have been constantly reverting from an IP based in Wollongong (where Ward is based). The current version is ok, but it keeps getting reverted to an ego tripping. Get rid of it.--schgooda 12:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not everything in the news is notable, not even the karate kid. - Hahnch e n 13:02, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable. --Musicpvm 16:25, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep - he is notable. (JROBBO 01:32, 18 June 2006 (UTC))[reply]
Delete. Not notable enough for my mind. --Roisterer 08:37, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. He's a local councillor. We don't even have articles on 99% of mayors in Australia. Rebecca 11:57, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Minor local politician. Tomato sauce incident gets him 5 minutes of fame, but that's gone now. --Calton | Talk 01:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- nn. - Longhair 09:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Indrian 17:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - nn per nom and REbecca - Johntex\^talk 01:34, 22 June 2006 (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.