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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. – Juliancolton | Talk 18:20, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gerrard Beeson[edit]

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Not notable. Small town mayor, population 7,824 (2006). Lacks coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. One of a glut of articles on seemingly non notable St Peter's College old boys. Wikipedia is not a webhost for a collection bios of a schools former students. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:45, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. gadfium 08:26, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:55, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Pretty clearly non-notable. Gets no substantial hits on Google or Google News. Any coverage that exists would almost certainly be local. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:31, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as seems to meet WP:ANYBIO - recognition within field of endeavour (accountancy). NealeFamily (talk) 23:39, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yor're joking! Which part of this does he meet? 1) The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for one several times.

2) The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field.[7] Johnbod (talk) 04:16, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep office-holder of national organisations.Rick570 (talk) 22:23, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not a criterion. Johnbod (talk) 04:16, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see any major offices in national organisations anyway (not that they would establish notability if they existed): being an elected fellow of a major academic body fulfils WP:SCHOLAR but that doesn't apply to professional bodies. --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:35, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:17, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:35, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per NRP. Johnbod (talk) 04:16, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • delete as a small-town mayor with no particular notability beyond that. Mangoe (talk) 14:51, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as not notable. Fails WP:POLITICIAN and WP:GNG. Lack of third-party sources. Local politicians/office-holders are not notable in the absence of such sources. --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:35, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep He was an ARA (Auckland Regional Council) councillor for 12 years. Not just a "small-town mayor". Rick570 (talk) 20:39, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't !vote twice. ARA councillor still falls short of WP:POLITICIAN. duffbeerforme (talk) 02:54, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak keep There is almost certainly coverage of this person, but they were prominent after papers past and before everything was digital. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:45, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • A lot of this article appears to be a copyright violation from the Rotary source. duffbeerforme (talk) 02:58, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, fails WP:POLITICIAN--Ymblanter (talk) 08:15, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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