Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Judith Van Veldhuysen

: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 delete. j⚛e deckertalk 06:26, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

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Poorly sourced WP:BLP about a deputy leader of a political party. I might accept that as a valid claim of notability if a substantial volume of reliable source coverage specifically about her were actually present, but the only reference here is a primary source — her biography on the political party's own website — and being the deputy leader of a political party is not a claim that entitles a person to an automatic presumption of notability under WP:POLITICIAN if the sourcing ain't up to scratch. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 03:05, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 03:05, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 03:05, 27 May 2014 (UTC)


:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e deckertalk 02:59, 4 June 2014 (UTC)


  • Delete. Does not meet notability guidelines. First, she is deputy leader, not leader. Second, she is a party leader in the province, not nationally. Third, it is a minor party that has never held a seat in the province, and it appears that the largest percentage of the vote they have ever received was 8%. And by far most importantly, I have thus far been unable to find any news articles, etc., that even mention her, much less that she is the subject of. Paisarepa (talk) 06:18, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

::Well, strictly speaking, your second and third points are irrelevant to the question of whether she's notable enough for an article or not — the number of seats that a political party has or hasn't held in the legislature has no bearing on whether the leader is notable enough for a Wikipedia article or not, nor does whether the party operates at the provincial/state or the federal level. Being the deputy leader rather than the top banana can enter into it, however — and you're correct that the lack of strong sourcing about her is definitely the coup de grâce. Bearcat (talk) 04:06, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

  • Weak delete - impressive sounding lede, but mighty thin resume. Quis separabit? 23:22, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
  • Delete Non notable politician.68.232.186.227 (talk) 22:18, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

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