Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Athol Deakin

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. W.marsh 17:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Athol Deakin[edit]

Local Councillor in England, whose only claim to notability seems to be that he was suspended for threatened assault of another councillor and was later convicted for common assault of a neighbour. I lodge the AFD to query the notability, but make no recommendation either way. BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • (contribs)} 13:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep - Meets the WP:BIO criteria "Major local political figures who receive (or received) significant press coverage." The threatened assault took place during a meeting of councillors and was heavily covered by numerous news sources. This person's political notability in the Bromsgrove district is second only to fromer front bencher Julie Kirkbride. Also, to a lesser extent, the article may meet WP:BIO "Persons achieving renown or notoriety for their involvement in newsworthy events." Yeanold Viskersenn 14:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Question Point taken about the news coverage, but is an ordinary backbench councillor really a "major local political figure"? I'm inclined to think not, because nothing in the linked articles suggests that he is an executive member, former mayor or anything. Rightly or wrongly, most local councillors seem to be rather obscure and minor figures. Also note that Yeanold Viskersenn is the creator of the article --BrownHairedGirl ^{(talk) • (contribs)} 16:18, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Further to the question, what kind of local councillor? I'm a Communuity Councilor for my locality - as are 9 other people. We all serve elected unpaid positions as members of the community council which is seperate and under the local council, which is what is commonly referred to as 'local government'. People like me are pretty much nobody, people on the local council generally are non-notable as well unless they find their way into some kind of scandal. Robovski 03:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per BrownHairedGirl, A backbench councillor is clearly not a 'major local political figure' and contrary to assertions, there appears to be no press coverage of the person. Googling '"Athol Deakin" bromsgrove assault' returns only 1 relevant ghit indicating his most recent sentencing (7 nov 2006) has received no press coverage besides that of the local rag. MNewnham 17:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, seems notable enough due to the combination of his position, and the media coverage. Lankiveil 01:30, 11 November 2006 (UTC).[reply]
Delete per nom, this isn't Wikinews and the reporting is trivial. Completely misses WP:BIO: not a "major local political figure" and not "notoriety" and not "newsworthy". Angus McLellan (Talk) 10:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Coverage evidenced to date is not significant press coverage, which is explained in the footnote as "A politician who has received "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists." One article in the local paper about the assault doesn't even come close to this standard. The other source is not even from the press. Article subject appears to not meet WP:BIO. GRBerry 19:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Local authority councillors in the UK are not notable in and of themselves. Fys. Ta fys aym. 19:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. per Fys. Not major politicians, not member of legislature. Ohconfucius 03:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep Mr Deakin appeared in several regional newspapers and is a major politican for the Sidemoor region, as well as a former major candidate for the Stoke Prior region. He is also very representative of problems related to the debates on the composition and membership of local councils, and of individuals in politics, and this page serves as an excellent source for all that wish to read up on such matter. Joey Smith 14:01, 14 November 2006
- Note: the above vote was actually J0ey sm1th2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), and was that user's only edit. Fys. Ta fys aym. 19:49, 14 November 2006 (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.