Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Green (councillor)

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The result was keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:55, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sam Green (councillor)[edit]

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Local politician who sits on the town council of a small/med size community (approx. 45k people). Doesn't meet WP:NPOL. And the coverage is of WP:ROUTINE variety which you would expect of a local politician. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:22, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Withdrawn by nominator" - had not noticed the !votes below on my watchlist, should have withdrawn two days ago.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:54, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:22, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:22, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. TSP (talk) 16:29, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep (as article creator) - Notable as, according to sources, apparently the first openly gay person elected to public office in Britain. Coverage includes an entire 30-minute ITV documentary about him, which I'm not sure is routine. TSP (talk) 16:23, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - As already sourced in the article, his election seems to be a notable first, and the cited coverage is specifically because his election was *not* routine. Walkersam (talk) 16:54, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep — subject of a 30 minute documentsry is enough for me deisenbe (talk) 08:20, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: subject of a highly-regarded documentary. Bondegezou (talk) 14:32, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article properly sources that his election to the city council represented a significant historic first — and not every local councillor can claim to have been the subject of a full 30-minute documentary broadcast by a national television network and preserved in the national film archive, either. I'd certainly still like to see a few of the primary sources replaced with better ones if possible, but he definitely has some reliable sources that verify a credible claim to being a special case of greater notability than the norm for this level of political office. Bearcat (talk) 13:59, 21 June 2019 (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.