Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julian Doyle

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The result was Snowball Keep - non-admin closure - Peripitus (Talk) 00:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Julian Doyle[edit]

Contested CSD for notability. He was involved in Australian politics, but I'm not sure if his level of involvement makes him notable. Strictly a procedural nomination, I have no preference due to my unfamiliarity with the subject. Keilana^talk_(recall) 03:43, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Canley (talk) 04:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, which is notable enough for me... although the notability of Australian state politicians is not, as far as I know, as clear-cut as that of federal MPs or Senators. Most of the article seems to be sourced from here, and that page lists several references such as Who's Who in Australia 1968-1983 and a 1978 book called Notable Australians. It looks like there's enough verifiable information to sustain a decent article in any case. --Canley (talk) 04:19, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep much the same as Canley. From WP:BIO "A person is generally notable if they meet any of the following standards: Politicians who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members and former members of a national, state or provincial legislature". Also as a Catholic in the Liberal Party in the 1960s he would be one of a very small group! -- Mattinbgn\^talk 04:30, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Agree with both of the above. Membership of a state parliament certainly allows notability. Frickeg (talk) 04:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As above. Passes notability test although the article could certainly be better written to highlight notability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roisterer (talk • contribs) 05:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable as a member of the Victorian State legislature. Nick mallory (talk) 08:13, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, members of state parliaments are inherently notable. Lankiveil (talk) 11:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Keep regardless of actual policy, anyone with a paliamentary biography should be sufficiently notable for us here. As it is, Doyle meets WP:BIO through belonging to state legislature.Ga rr ie 23:01, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep per WP:BIO (with no disrespect to the nominator, who acted appropriately). Sarcasticidealist (talk) 04:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Canley comment. I tagged an early version of this article for speedy-delete because it failed notability tests ... it was just about an Australian politician. Since then, the info about Victoria parliament (and other info) has been added, so it now passes WP:NOT. Truthanado (talk) 22:03, 6 January 2008 (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.