Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Gurrie
Mike Gurrie is a renowned figure in student politics at the London School of Economics.  His election campaign and involvement in issues pertinent to students means he has a high level of name recognition (the vast majority of a student body of 8,000 know him by both name and face).  The transient nature of student politics, and the poor documentation of them due to the logistical limitations of student media, means that it is important that this individual, who made a significant contribution to local politics and wellbeing, should be remembered.  Mike Gurrie satisfies the requirements of  as he has both made a widely recognised contribution to his specific field (which requires enduring historical record) and is a major local political figure who received significant press coverage.  Surely the purpose of Wikipedia is not just to include information which is contained elsewhere, but to incorporate and preserve unique articles which would otherwise be forgotten.  Mike Gurrie has no connection to the article, which was in fact envisaged and written by a senior reporter at The Beaver, the student newspaper at the LSE (which is itself worthy of an article).  Consequently, the article is not convoluted by vanity.  May I add that "detailed obscure topics hurt no-one because it's pretty hard to find them by accident, and Wikipedia isn't paper" (from Wikipedia:Importance).  Please, preserve the article- it is inoffensive and will bring laughter to those from the LSE from years to come as they recollect events otherwise forgotten
— User:Chriswarnock, NONE
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)