Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris MacManus

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 04:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chris MacManus[edit]

Non notable local councillor who fails WP:POLITICIAN. Just being related to someone does not confer notability. Valenciano (talk) 21:31, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Being a member of the local council of a small town does not make someone automatically notable (WP:POLITICIAN), and what little press coverage there is of him doesn't indicate that he's any more notable than an average local councillor. I wondered if being a member of Sinn Fein's national executive might mean he's a significant figure, but the only press coverage I can find of him in that capacity is references 3 and 4 in the article, neither of which focus on him. (#3 only lists him as a member of a delegation and doesn't mention him in the main article at all; #4 gives a brief quote but the article focuses entirely on the event he was speaking at, it isn't about the man himself.) Nasica (talk) 01:27, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. You're mixing two things up. An article focusing on the subject (or providing a significant amount of info about them is what is required for criterion 1 in bio guidelines or what is commonly known as WP:GNG. If "being a member of Sinn Fein's national executive" is verifiable (confirmation in one reliable source suffices) and that is something that would make him notable, GNG wouldn't even come into play. Remember: it is just one of the many possible criteria the guy can meet. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:47, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. -- Nasica (talk) 01:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom. Snappy (talk) 08:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per Nom.Red Hurley (talk) 19:56, 17 January 2009 (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.