Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Bates (Sealand)

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The result was redirect to Principality of Sealand. Tone 11:41, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

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This living individual is notable for only one thing: inheriting Sealand from his father. WP:BLP1E. Guy (Help!) 20:07, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Delete Fails WP:BIO. Edison (talk) 20:51, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:06, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Redirect to Sealand - not notable by himself. Bearian (talk) 01:45, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Strong Keep Well sourced article. Notable bio - Current head of Sealand government for last 11 years. Could use a little more expanding, but surely should be kept. Outback the koala (talk) 03:19, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

:*I take it by "well sourced" you simply looked at the references section without even looking at the reliability of the sources cited or even if the links work? 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 14:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Redirect to Principality of Sealand. Deor (talk) 05:05, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Strong delete Pretend royal, sources are dead links, a Wiki, blogs and the like. No evidence of significant non-trivial coverage for this person's life. 2 lines of K₃₀₃ 14:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Redirect to Principality of Sealand because of immediate relevance. Mukadderat (talk) 16:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Delete. Not notable - Does not meet qualifications for notability --SuperHappyPerson (talk) 01:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)SuperHappyPerson
redirect since he does warrant a mention in the article. DGG ( talk ) 01:24, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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