Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pádraig McEvoy

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The result was delete. Considerable coverage in his local paper is not significant coverage as required. JodyB_talk 17:02, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pádraig McEvoy[edit]

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Non notable politician from County Kildare in Ireland. Fails WP:Politician. Possible WP:COI and self promotion issues. Snappy (talk) 14:08, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. —Snappy (talk) 14:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. —Snappy (talk) 14:13, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Per above. — Cargoking talk 14:19, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Kittybrewster ☎ 14:25, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete until he moves up the ladder.Red Hurley (talk) 15:30, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak keep~~. No evidence of notability per WP:POLITICIAN, nor even any assertion of such notability. However this is a more substantial article than other two Kildare councillors currently at AFD. The articles as it stands does appear to be rather self-promotional, but even if that unreferenced WP:PEACOCKery is removed, he does have the benefit of one piece of substantial coverage (an article about him in the Leinster Leader), which arguably means that he meets WP:GNG. I'm generally unhappy about taking only one article as evidence of notability, but one more piece of decent coverage, something more than a passing mention, would IMO turn this into a firm keep. I'll take a look and see what I can find. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:36, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Given the level of detail, and the lack of sources, I suspect the article is written by the subject, which is a WP:COI. Snappy (talk) 23:14, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep (changing my !vote). The article has been significantly expanded since this nomination was opened, and since the "delete" !voters above stated their view. The picture has changed substantilly, and the article now has 14 references. None of them appear to include as much substantive coverage of McEvoy as article about him in the Leinster Leader referenced above, but I now think that he meets WP:GNG through the sheer volume of coverage. (BTW, well done Snappy for removing the blatant self-promotion from the article)- --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:19, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Still delete as he still fails WP:Politician. Local press is hardly notable? Red Hurley (talk) 11:17, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - According to WP:Politician, local politicians should have received significant press coverage to qualify - defined as "A politician who has received "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists.". Considering all the sources are from a local newspaper (the Leinster Leader), I don't see how it meets the criteria. Local politicians nearly always get mentions in local papers, does that mean they are all notable? This issue of notability for local Irish politicians is one that's to be discussed in a wider forum. Snappy (talk) 14:57, 20 February 2010 (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.