Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Garfinkle

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The result was redirect to Green_Party_of_Canada#Leadership. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 07:42, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Garfinkle

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He is an unelected candidate and does not need his own article. Aaaccc (talk), 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:37, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:37, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As an unelected candidate he clearly fails WP:POLITICIAN, but I was more interested in whether he passes WP:PROF — an earlier version of the article said that he was "University Professor", an advanced grade of professorship that would probably pass WP:PROF criterion 5. Alas, this source indicates that he was the more usual kind of full professor (it lists several other people as University Professor Emeritus, but not him). I can find no evidence that he passes any of the other WP:PROF criteria, nor in-depth news coverage that might let him pass WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:14, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
~~Unless somebody can add some sourcing which indicates that he garnered coverage specifically for his role as a university professor while he was a university professor, delete per nom.~~ After reading more carefully, he was a leader of the Green Party of Canada — and party leaders are normally kept, regardless of their party's degree of success or failure in politics, if any passable degree of sourcing is present. More sourcing is certainly needed here — but as written, the article does contain sufficient sourcing to demonstrate his basic notability as a past party leader. Ergo, keep. Bearcat (talk) 23:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 00:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Green Party of Canada#Leadership; subject does not appear to be notable per WP:PROF. Subject was an interim leader of a smaller national party, but is not notable himself per WP:POLITICIAN or WP:ANYBIO; therefore, a redirect maybe the best option. If more references can be later found to support notability, the article can be recreated.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 21:10, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michig (talk) 15:40, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per RightCowLeftCoast. Ray^Talk 03:17, 24 January 2013 (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.