Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Matthews (politician)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 14:35, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Matthews (politician)

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Local politicians are not inherently notable per WP:NPOL. Article cites a single reference. MBE is the lowest class in the Order of the British Empire, and having been a POW doesn't swing the balance in this instance for me. Uhooep (talk) 15:05, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and United Kingdom. Shellwood (talk) 15:17, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Being a member of the OBE would be enough for notability if the article were well-sourced, but it is not "inherently" notable enough to exempt a person from having to pass WP:GNG just because the text has the words "Order of the British Empire" in it. So no prejudice against recreation in the future if somebody can write and source something better than this, but this as written and sourced is not enough by itself. Bearcat (talk) 16:20, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Only one source at the moment and it's not even clear it was staff-written. Fails WP:GNG as it's written. Name is too generic for a comprehensive before search even when adding secondary terms, so may be hard to WP:HEY. SportingFlyer T·C 19:14, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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