Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Shale
The sad circumstances of Shale's death has generated significant media coverage (google news lists over 1200 articles), coupled with the issue of the leaked 'strategy document' which was released days before he passed away. Whether he would have warranted an article had he not died is questionable, but it seems very clear to me that the circumstances of his death are clearly notable, especially considering no formal cause of death has been listed. If the Giant Snowman is concerned that the person himself is not notable, it could perhaps be moved to a page called Death of Christopher Shale, but I would imagine that this page would have to become a redirect anyway. He may have only been a local politician, but influential and notable due to his links to Cameron. If his strategy report was notable enough to cause a stir in the Mail on Sunday before his death was ever made public, surely this means the whole () charge is slightly absurd
— User:Jeremy, 10:59, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:1E (Wikipedia:Notability)