Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorne Gershuny

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 merge to Marxist-Leninist Party candidates, 2000 Canadian federal election. MBisanz ^talk 15:43, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lorne Gershuny (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Contested prod. Unelected politician, non-notable beyond that. No reliable sources provided, none found beyond Wikipedia mirrors and official press releases. TN‑X-Man 02:31, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. -- Eastmain (talk) 03:16, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- Eastmain (talk) 03:16, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I cannot find evidence that his trip to North Korea or his work as a lawyer makes him notable. Some politicians were the subject of coverage in reliable sources when they were students, but I cannot find any evidence that Gershuny was. -- Eastmain (talk) 03:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Reviewing Mista-X's rationale for disputing the prod, I have to point out that while Wikipedia does indeed have articles about other unelected politicians, the rule is that those politicians have to meet WP:POLITICIAN — that is, there have to be verifiable reliable sources indicating that the person in question has achieved enough to warrant an encyclopedia article. I'd also love to know where Mista-X gleans that there's ever been a prior keep consensus on this article, since I can't find any record of a prior deletion discussion apart from his own prod disputation. Accordingly, redirect to one of the Marxist-Leninist Party candidates lists. Bearcat (talk) 19:15, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with any of the Marxist-Leninist Party candidate lists. This subject is running in the current election and sources can easily be found on mlpc.ca and the elections Canada website, for starters. Secondly there are lots of sources available just from a google search. --Mista-X (talk) 03:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with the appropriate Marxist-Leninist Party candidate list. I'm a bit surprised the article survived as a stand-alone piece for this long. CJCurrie (talk) 03:12, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with any of the Marxist-Leninist Party candidate lists. Gershuny is an established Toronto attorney, and has worked on a number of highly political cases (including ones which have been referenced on Wikipedia). The possible lack of Google results on him does not negate his noteworthiness and mentions in other electronic and non-electronic realms of information. Frank Pais (talk) 22:52, 13 October 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.