Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Robertson (politician)

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 redirect to List of mayors of Brampton per WP:BLP. If someone wants to source this article, it can be restored. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Robertson (politician)[edit]

Non-notable person. KMFDM FAN ^(talk!) 01:04, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 01:27, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 01:27, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 01:27, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Mayor of Brampton, Ontario is enough of a notability assertion to keep the article. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:50, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - WP:POLITICIAN states that Mayors 'are likely to meet this criterion', and Brampton is a city of nearly half a million. That said, a brief google doesn't turn up a huge number of hits for media. So keep, but let's try to find some sources and notable things in his 8 year term. --Saalstin (talk) 19:24, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep - I notice that Saalstin omitted the rest of WP:POLITICIAN that states that mayors are likely to meet the criteria but only if there is significant coverage of them. With that said, a Gnews search of "peter robertson"+brampton comes up with so many hits I think he has to meet the criteria. Most of those hits are the Brampton Guardian and Brampton News but there are other sources like the Boston Globe, so I'm tentatively suggesting a keep. -- Atama ^chat 20:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The notability rules for mayors also state that the article has to be more substantial than just "Person is the current mayor of city. Stub notice, categories." A mayor of a major city is likely to be notable, but doesn't get to claim inherent notability just because they're a mayor — references need to be present to support at least a bit of actual detail about the person and their term as mayor. Accordingly, this is a potential keep if it's improved, but it isn't entitled to stick around in its current state. Keep if expanded, but redirect to List of mayors of Brampton if it's still in its current state at closing. Bearcat (talk) 23:07, 25 June 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.