Deletion of Mark Wright (politician)

Comment: WP:POLITICIAN exists for a reason; being a general consensus that neither local politicians normere candidates are notable. There are, of course, exceptions and that's why we have . However, all of the coverage cited in this article is local. Even then, there's nothing that primarily covers the subject of the article (Mark Wright) in any great detail. But most of all, we have to question the ''reliability'' of these local sources: many local newspapers with low circulation (which constitute the vast majority of sources here) generally just churn out press releases. Take http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Bristol-MP-backs-calls-change-politicians-expenses/article-896239-detail/article.html this for instance: "Mark Wright welcomes an announcement by his own party's leader". That's not reliable journalism. That's PR. The unreliability of the sources is reflective in this article, which is a totally uncritical PR job. That's why we require significant coverage in ''reliable sources'' as the standard for notability, ''not'' significant coverage in ''any sources''. When that distinction, and the reasons behind it, are understood, this article fails
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: I reverted the deletion of this article because I believe the notability bar has been passed in this case.  I of course agree that a lot of councillors and PPCs don't merit their own article however this guy has had a significant coverage in the local press, particularly in comparison to most, and that is enough to satisfy , being ''a member of a council of a major metropolitan city''.  Opinions voiced so far about the quality of the articles in which he features are subjective opinion - the articles in question still constitute appropriate coverage from reliable sources, the only argument revolves around the depth to which articles in the Bristol Evening Post go.  However the quality of the newspaper is not relevant to this discussion, as long as it itself passes the reliability test, which it clearly does.  Put simply, if this councillor wasn't a notable figure on the regional political scene, the BEP wouldn't be writing about him at all, being as notoriously unwilling to give any column inches to the Lib Dems as they are
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)