Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Dixon (MYP)

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The result was delete. Sandstein 19:33, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

William Dixon (MYP)

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WP:BLP (actually likely WP:AUTOBIO based on the creator's username) of a youth politician, not properly referenced as passing Wikipedia's inclusion standards. A youth parliament is not an WP:NPOL-passing office, so he's not automatically entitled to have an article just because he exists -- his includability would depend on showing that he's been the subject of enough reliable source coverage in real media to clear WP:GNG. But the footnotes here are entirely to primary sources that are not support for notability at all, such as his own self-published website about himself and the self-published website of the youth parliament. This is not how you make a person at this level of prominence notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Bearcat (talk) 17:59, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:59, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:59, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support Probably a good idea to remove this and have a separate page for the Wakefield Youth Council itself, as it has been covered in local and national press. There are a few non suitable articles available on local press, I believe, but they represent the Youth Council rather than a specific. It is therefore difficult to justify why this article should be allowed on Wikipedia. Will d601 (talk) 10:18, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete youth politicians are not notable for such and there are no other signs of notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:07, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. "Youth politicians" are not notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:47, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Why the scare quotes, Necrothesp? RobinCarmody (talk) 00:40, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Because the whole concept of youth politics, like student politics, is divorced from the real world. What exactly is a "youth politician"? Any idea that they may be notable just adds to their self-importance. Particularly when the article was likely written by the gentleman himself. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:39, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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