Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Members of the Australian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

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The result was keep. Consensus is to keep, but not necessarily in the current shape or format. (non-admin closure) wumbolo ^^^ 07:18, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Members of the Australian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years[edit]

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Just trivia. Why not 25 years? See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Members of the Malaysian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Members of the New Zealand Parliament who have served for at least 30 years. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Open to a reframing, but long-serving members of parliament is an absolutely valid encyclopedic type. See List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service, which uses the same cutoff in the article with a possibly better title. The Drover's Wife (talk) 07:23, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree that this is an absolutely valid encyclopedic type. Thirty years is a long time to be part of the parliament in a democratic nation. Maybe 25 years should be the criteria as then it would capture at least one woman, but that's a discussion for a different venue. --AussieLegend (✉) 15:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree with the proposition from Kiwichris at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Members of the New Zealand Parliament who have served for at least 30 years and The Drover's Wife here to bring this article into line with List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service which is more logically laid out. This also applies to the two other related AfD's. Meets WP:GNG. NealeFamily (talk) 00:28, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep No way should this article be deleted. I elliot (talk) 10:05, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – I expected to see maybe a 5-person list given that a list like this was nominated. Instead, it's dozens of people. Definitely keep this. Redditaddict6 9 01:04, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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