Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lou Arab

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The result was delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 01:17, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lou Arab[edit]

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Subject does not appear notable outside of connection with his wife, and notability does not carry. Deserves at most a brief mention in her article. This is also being heavily edited by the subject. JamesG5 (talk) 15:01, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and merge/redirect to Rachel Notley. Discussion about him revolves around his wife.Citing (talk) 16:08, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:48, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:49, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Spouses of provincial premiers are not automatically accepted as independently notable just because they exist, because they do not have anything even approaching the same public role or status as the spouse of the Prime Minister — but the sources here are not coverage about him that establish his notability as a trade unionist, they're sources about Rachel Notley that passingly acknowledge his existence as her spouse. Notability is not inherited, so that's not how you establish a politician's spouse as notable enough for a Wikipedia article — in order to qualify for his own standalone biographical article independently of having his name mentioned in Notley's, he has to have received substantive and ongoing coverage about him accomplishing something notable in his own career independently of who he happens to be married to. We do not have, and are not going to have, articles about Ellie Horgan or Krista Moe or Esther Pallister or Karla Middlebrook Ford or Isabelle Brais or Marcia Higgs or Andrea McNeil or Duncan McIntosh or Sharon Ball either, because they're not the subjects of coverage that establishes their own standalone notability for their own accomplishments either. Bearcat (talk) 17:45, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and merge. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 18:44, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. FWIW the subject does not consider himself notable and prefers not to have a Wikipedia article.Citing (talk) 22:38, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that it's worth a lot. Jmertel23 (talk) 14:53, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per WP:INVALIDBIO - not notable outside of relationship with his wife. Jmertel23 (talk) 14:53, 19 April 2019 (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.