Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Blackford
I'm disappointed that the nominator went straight for suggesting deletion of this article, rather than adding some improvement tags. For anyone who hasn't realised, there is an election in the UK and there is some increased activity around articles with a political connection. I have added some further references (there are now over 30, mostly from newspapers and other secondary sources). I would disagree that it the suggestion about "cv-type stuff"- please look at the article, not simply the proposer's initial comments. The subject of this article has had a successful career as a banker and has been active as a member of civic society. There is no criteria for notability for a buisinessperson but I think he does meet  through significant coverage in reliable secondary sources- he has been written about in multiple newspaper articles by journalists. He was also previously the treasurer of a political party who had a high-profile fallout with the party's leadership which had significant media coverage of this beyond the articles listed above, such as here: http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/tax-and-spend-image-attacked-by-treasurer-1.270504, http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/jun/18/politicalnews.observerpolitics, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2000/conferences/snp/935973.stm and http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/jun/14/politicalnews.politics. On this basis I think he may also meet  He has also provided expert opinion about banking to political debate, such as here: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/scotland/article1255368.ece, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/rbs-should-broken-up-scottish-3620531 and he was a high-profile person during Scotland's recent referendum. Just for clarity, I don't have any connection with the individual in this article, or their political party
— User:Drchriswilliams, 18:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)