Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jamey Heath

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The result was Keep — Caknuck 22:36, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jamey Heath

Jamey Heath (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Failed candidate. Fails WP:BIO and WP:NOR. Delete GreenJoe 20:52, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Published author, major figure in the New Democratic Party and Greenpeace Canada, media commentator, and failed candidate for the Parlimant of Canada. The sum total of these activites makes him notable. How about deleting one of the 36 articles that we have about Category:Star Wars video game characters instead? Ground Zero | t 21:49, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I concur; keep. Being a failed candidate for Parliament may not notability make, but it's not Heath's sole claim to notability. DS 22:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. He isn't simply a failed candidate, but is notable for reasons other than his candidacy in Ottawa Centre. Besides the reasons given by Ground Zero, a quick internet search shows that his book appears to have been fairly extensively reviewed/covered in the media (such as the Globe and Mail ([1]), This Magazine ([2])), CBC Radio ([3]), The Ottawa Citizen ([4]), The Hill Times ([5]), Macleans ([6]), tvontario ([7]), etc.). He's been a columnist in a large-City daily, he was the subject of his own media coverage when he worked for Jack Layton (see [8]), and for awhile he was a member of the Macleans 50 ("A diverse field of Canada’s most well known and respected personalities from journalists to politicians offering their comments on the issues of the day, everyday." according to the magazine). I've also seen/heard him on TV and Radio as a "talking head", representing the left on political discussion panels. He's been the subject of published secondary sources, and he's written a book that has been the subject of multiple independent reviews, so he meets WP:BIO. Skeezix1000 22:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

BTW, lack of references means that fails WP:V, not necessarily that it fails WP:OR. Skeezix1000 22:20, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Roles and published book do make him notable enough. And even if he weren't, Canadian electoral candidates are never deleted from Wikipedia. If they're not deemed notable enough for their own articles, then they get merged into a list such as New Democratic Party candidates, 1997 Canadian federal election. Bearcat 04:29, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Clearly a notable activist. Abberley2 12:17, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Very active and well known in Canadian politics and green issues. I've added some references, could do with a few more, but there's plenty of stuff written on him and he is clearly notable. --Belovedfreak 14:22, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
• WEak keep Several siginificant positions, significant activist and has sources which means it passes just the notability line.--JForget 15:19, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

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